Open tenders / Catering & food
Open tender · Notice 100349-2026
Newham Cluster - Catering Tender Apr27
- Value
- £11.6m
- Closes
- 27 Nov 2026 (19 days)
- Where
- London
- Lots
- 7
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes, says the buyer
- Contract
- 26 Mar 2027 – 25 Mar 2030
In plain English
Educo Consultancy & Facilities Management, buying for 7 schools in the London Borough of Newham, wants a caterer to provide term-time school lunches and catering services from 26 March 2027 to 25 March 2030. This is stage 1: caterers complete a questionnaire through the mytenders portal by 27 November 2026 to be considered for stage 2, and the estimated value is £11,557,000.
Good fit for: Experienced contract school caterers able to serve one or more primary or secondary schools in Newham.
- Needs proven catering experience
seeking sufficiently experienced contract catering companies to formally express their interest
- Two-stage process starting with a questionnaire
This is stage 1 of the process to seek potential interest in the opportunity
- Each school picks its own supplier
each School ultimately will, independently select their preferred supplier
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What the buyer says
Educo Consultancy & Facilities Management are completing a competitive tendering procedure for the term-time provision of school lunches and catering services on behalf of 7 schools in the London Borough of Newham through the mytenders portal. This is stage 1 of the process to seek potential interest in the opportunity with Educo seeking sufficiently experienced contract catering companies to formally express their interest and engage in the Tendering process, by completing the questionnaire within this tender. This tender will be posted as 7 Lots and each School ultimately will, independently select their preferred supplier. Consideration will be given to responses within Stage 2 to identify the benefit provided by the Contractor if all the schools select a single preferred supplier. Further detail with regard the procedure may be found int eh Selection Questionnaire uploaded to this posting.
Getting the documents
mytenders.co.uk (the buyer's own site, usually free to register).
Procedure: Competitive flexible procedure (Flexible: the buyer sets the stages, often a shortlist first, then bids). Published 23 Oct 2026.
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