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Food and Catering Supplies for Ark Schools Across the UK.

Ark

Awarded
goods
6 lots

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Key details

Contracting authority
Ark
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
London
Delivery: London, United Kingdom
Contract value
Not stated by buyer
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
31 July 2026

Procurement

Contract period
31 August 2026 - 31 July 2029
3 years
Possible extension to 31 July 2031 · 4 years, 11 months in total
Extension terms: 1 x 24 month extension is available subject to agreement in writing by all parties
Procedure type
Competitive flexible procedure
CPV classifications
  • 15000000 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
  • 15800000 Miscellaneous food products
  • 15890000 Miscellaneous food products and dried goods
  • 15110000 Meat
  • 15130000 Meat products
  • 15112000 Poultry
  • 15113000 Pork

What happened

Ark awarded this contract to MICHAEL I HOLDSWORTH LIMITED | Valimex Limited | NIVEK CATERING SUPPLIES LIMITED worth £19,500,000 on 29 Jul 2026. The contract runs until 31 Jul 2029.

Description

Ark Schools Multi Academy Trust (“Ark Schools”) is seeking to appoint a number of suppliers for the provision of food products, catering consumables and associated goods to 32 Ark academies (London, Birmingham, Hastings and Portsmouth).

The contract will be managed by ISCC Purchasing Ltd trading as Procure (“ISCC Procure”), acting as procurement manager and agent for supplier contracting, ordering and consolidated invoicing.

Awarded suppliers (3)

Suppliers
  • MICHAEL I HOLDSWORTH LIMITED
  • Valimex Limited
  • NIVEK CATERING SUPPLIES LIMITED
GB-PPON: PVTL-2573-GYWJ
Award value
£19,500,000
Award date
29 July 2026
Bidders
1 bidder

Contact

Address
1 Edcity Walk, Edcity, London, W12 7TF
Contact name
Basil Amin

Identifiers

Buyer reference
2 - Food
Notice ID
072484-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068e77

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External ID: fts-ocds-h6vhtk-068e77 • Added 29 April 2026