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Invitation to Tender for the Management of the Catering Services (Framework Agreement) at Blackdown Education Partnership

Blackdown Education Partnership

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Key details

Contracting authority
Blackdown Education Partnership
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
Devon
Delivery: UKK23, United Kingdom
Contract value
£7,211,170ex VAT
£7,211,170 inc VAT
Deadline
5 January 2027
Award decision
28 January 2027(estimated)
Published
23 October 2026

Procurement

Contract period
12 April 2027 - 11 April 2030
3 years
Possible extension to 11 April 2032 · 4 years, 11 months in total
Extension terms: 2 x optional 12 month extensions
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications

Description

Blackdown Education Partnership are a Multi Academy Trust of 13 Schools based in Devon & Somerset. This tender is for provision of school catering services and will include six secondary schools, three of which deliver to Primary sites. The schools currently have a mixture of contracted services (4 Secondaries) and externally supported in-house services (2). The new contract will commence from Mon 12th April 2027, following the Easter break.

How to engage

Contractors are invited to register interest in this procurement through Red Box Tender Portal, where all communication, documents and bids will be managed. If you are not already registered with Red Box, please email [email protected] to request registration. We expect the ITT and supporting documents to be released and site visit bookings to open from W/C 5th October. Site visits will be held in November, giving contractors the opportunity to see service and meet the client. You must book onto these visits via the Red Box Portal. The deadline for bids will be 3pm January 5th 2027, with shortlisting on the 13th January 2027 and presentations for the shortlisted bidders on the 21st January 2027. New contract start date will be 12th April 2027, for a 3 year initial term and 2 x 12 month optional extensions.

Contact

Address
Uffculme School Chapel Hill, Devon, EX15 3AG

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Identifiers

Notice ID
100420-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077907
Companies House
PPON
PNNY-8358-CNMQ

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