GLF Schools Catering Contract

GLF SCHOOLScontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05e8bbProcurement Act 2023pending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

Awarded 30 Apr 2026

Suppliers

2

Lots

2

2 awarded

Published

01 May 2026

Description

The Trust serves over 19,000 young people aged 2 to 19 in a diverse array of settings, with around 2,500 employees. Our schools are in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex and the London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Croydon. The Trust is seeking experienced caterers to provide high quality school catering services across the Trust, currently there are 8 secondary schools and 35 primary schools. It is anticipated the majority of the schools will be in scope, however the final number of schools will be defined later in the process. It is expected the contract will be divided into Lots, with bidders given the opportunity to apply for some or all of the various Lots.

Scope

Reference
2025/S 000-077039
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Jul 2026 to 31 Jul 2029
Possible extension to 31 Jul 2031

Two 12 month extension periods subject to being agreed in writing by both parties

CPV classifications
55524000
Contract locations
Berkshire, United Kingdom
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
West Sussex, United Kingdom
South East England, United Kingdom
South East England, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
South East England, United Kingdom

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Priceprice30.00%
QualityQuality will be assessed through a combination of the written response, presentation, and references provided by bidders. Moderation will be applied across all these areas to ensure consistency and fairness in evaluation, with each element contributing to the overall quality score.quality70.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

The Trust requires organisations of scale to operate their catering services contracts. The minimum annual turnover for a bidder shall be £50m per annum

The Trust has minimum insurance requirements of £10m EL and £10m PL

Price and Quality will be the two criteria (Social value responses will be evaluated as part of the Quality assessment)

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure

Award details· 2 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

Award date

30 Apr 2026

Contract start

31 Jul 2026

Contract end

31 Jul 2029

Awarded to

Lots · 2 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1West & Central£20.0mcomplete
2East & South£10.0mcomplete