Planning

Catering Tender - Whitings Hill Primary School

  • Educo

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-061785

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05a6fc

Published 2 October 2025, 2:42pm



Scope

Description

Provide catering services to a Primary School in the London Borough of Barnet.

A two stage tender process utilitising UK2 as the stage 1 Selection process which will evaluate company financial performance and response to technical operational questions within the Selection Questionnaire uploaded at this stage.

This will be followed by a UK4 notice with all further relevant specification and supporting documents uploaded to enable the bidders to submit a financial bid and a submission based on key questions within the ITT. These submissions will be evaluated and scored with the successful bidders invited to present their submission. Subsequent to this the school will then determine their preferred Contractor.

Total value (estimated)

  • £493,500 excluding VAT
  • £592,200 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 5 April 2026 to 4 April 2029
  • 3 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 55524000 - School catering services

Contract locations

  • UKI7 - Outer London - West and North West

Engagement

Engagement deadline

31 October 2025

Engagement process description

this UK2 notice will require the Selection Questionnaire and any supporting documents to be uploaded by the closing date of this stage.


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

21 November 2025


Contracting authority

Educo

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPVP-3991-WRNY

West Walk Building

Leicester

LE1 7LT

United Kingdom

Region: UKF21 - Leicester

Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)