Catering Services Contract for the Romsey Group of Primary Schools
Estimated value
£500k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
16 Jun 2025
Description
School catering services contract for eight primary schools in Hampshire, who wish to opt out of the county wide catering outsourcing project currently underway. The eight schools who are within 15 minutes of Romsey, Hampshire, want to have greater control of specification, quality and pricing, and believe that acting within this informal alliance will enable their objectives to be more effectively achieved. The schools are: Cupernham Infant School Cupernham Junior School Braishfield Primary School Knightwood Primary School Lockerly Church of England Primary School Nursling Church of England Primary School Romsey Primary School & Nursery Rownham St Johns Church of England Primary School Whilst the use of the portal is mandatory for all communications, in the first instance, any contractor intending to submit a bid is requested to email kevin.pickford@mya-consulting.co.uk ASAP, so that the schools can determine the numbers/logistics requirements for the scheduled school site visits week commencing 23/6/25
Scope
- Reference
- Jun02
- Total value
- £500,000 excluding VAT£600,000 including VATBelow the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 03 Nov 2025 to 27 Oct 2028Possible extension to 01 Nov 2030
After the initial term, the schools may wish to extend the contact for a maximum of 2 years based upon contract performance
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 55524000
- Contract locations
- South East England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award criteria | The bid comprises: # standard qualification questions for which there are pass/fail answers. # A technical section that will comprise 40% weighting for answers to questions and 5% for presentation if shortlisted # and 55% for the prices bid. Whilst the commercial offer is important, the decision will be based on the overall demonstration of believability and value for money. | quality | — |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
That the bidding contractor has demonstrable experience in managing catering services within a state primary school environment.
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 14 Jul 2025, 11:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 21 Jul 2025, 11:00 am
- Submission address
- https://www.mytenders.co.uk ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition