GLF Schools Catering Contract
Estimated value
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Awarded value
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Suppliers
0
Lots
2
Published
25 Nov 2025
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
- GLF0016
- Total value
- £36,000,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Jul 2029Possible extension to 31 Jul 2031
Two 12 month extension periods subject to being agreed in writing by both parties
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 55524000
- Contract locations
- Berkshire, United KingdomOxfordshire, United KingdomWest Sussex, United KingdomSouth East England, United KingdomSouth East England, United KingdomLondon, United KingdomSouth East England, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | — | price | 30.00% |
| Quality | Quality 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. | quality | 70.00% |
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
- Submission address
- https://bidiful-teamportal.app/p/aceadvice ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Lots · 2 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West & Central | £20.0m | active |
| 2 | East & South | £10.0m | active |