Tender

Jo Richardson Community School - Catering Tender

Jo Richardson Community School

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Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-080101

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05ef91

Published 5 December 2025, 12:05pm

Last edited 8 December 2025, 4:05pm

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Scope

Description

Our motto "Success for All" underpins everything that we do at the school and puts the students' achievements at the centre of our vision. We have a commitment to the highest academic standards combined with a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular activities aimed at enhancing the opportunities offered to all our students.

Further information regarding the School can be obtained here: https://jorichardson.org.uk/

Tender information:

The successful tenderer will be required to provide excellent catering services to Jo Richardson Community school, which has 1713 pupils and 220 teaching and support staff.

The contract term being tendered is for three years, 1st August 2026 - 31st July 2029. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31st July 2031.

The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current catering services at the School. This includes but is not limited to; breakfast, morning break, lunchtime and after school services, over the academic year, plus hospitality services upon request.

The school is keen to secure a high quality catering service including fresh locally sourced ingredients prepared on site. It is imperative that the menu is flexible to suit the requirements of the school's specific students and their budgets. The school is proud of its 'family ethos' and expects both a tightly managed service and a management style delivered by the successful contractor that supports, encourages and develops the catering staff. Management must be efficient and effective and management reporting must be both timely and accurate.

The school is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather the school is keen to secure 'best value' from this contract and to deliver 'best value' to its students. Innovative and creative ideas as to how the services can be developed and value added, will be welcomed. The school seeks a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to its highest abilities, at all times.

Competitive Flexible Procedure

This procurement will be run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. This will follow a two stage approach, with stage 1 being the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and a minimum score of 60% must be achieved.

Selected tenderers will then be invited to stage 2, the Invitation To Tender (ITT). Here, the evaluation of tender response will be set as 35% price and 65% quality.

Value of contract:

The annual value of the current contract is £675,000

Therefore the value of this contract is £3,375,000

The contract shall be a guaranteed performance contract with any hospitality requirements billed separately, at cost.

Additional requirements and information:

•The school has a minimum requirement for a contractor's employers' liability and public liability insurances of £5 million

•The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is £1 million

•This is a London living wage contract

•There are 4 incumbent catering staff currently within the Local Government Pension Scheme

•The catering services are currently contracted to Innovate (Impact Food Group)

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Essex:-School-catering-services./PW6YS2C4ZM

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/PW6YS2C4ZM

Total value (estimated)

£3,375,000 excluding VAT
£4,050,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

1 August 2026 to 31 July 2029
Possible extension to 31 July 2031
5 years

Description of possible extension:

There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31st July 2031.

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

55524000 - School catering services

Contract locations

UKI52 - Barking & Dagenham and Havering

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

5 January 2026, 12:00pm

Submission type

Tenders

Deadline for requests to participate

5 January 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/PW6YS2C4ZM

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

22 May 2026

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name	Type	Weighting
Quality	Quality	65%
Price	Price	35%

Other information

Applicable trade agreements

Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Competitive flexible procedure description

Selected tenderers will then be invited to stage 2, the Invitation To Tender (ITT). Here, the evaluation of tender response will be set as 35% price and 65% quality.

Contracting authority