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St Helens College

Supply of Butchery / Meat Products for St Helens College

Food & BeveragesCPV 15100000
Value£200k
Deadline2 Feb 2026
Published5 Jan 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 5 Jan 2026ClosedCloses 2 Feb 2026
Who to contact
Annmarie Orchard
procurement@sthelens.ac.uk
01744 623359

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£200ktotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£8.8m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Food & Beverages band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 2,386 valued Food & Beverages tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

St Helens College and Knowsley Community College, which merged in 2017, form one of the largest and most inclusive college groups in the Northwest.

Together, they support approximately 7,500 students across four main campuses in St Helens and Knowsley, delivering high-quality education and training that meets the needs of learners, employers, and communities.

The College currently runs 5 canteens across the campuses with food provision from catering staff for student and staff consumption.

St Helens & Knowsley College delivers a range of professional cookery and catering courses designed to equip learners with practical skills aligned to industry standards.

As part of the curriculum, students are required to prepare, butcher, and cook a variety of meat, poultry, and game products to develop competencies in handling, portioning, and presenting dishes to a professional standard.

Throughout the college locations the meat products supplied on the contract will be cooked by students and catering staff in the campus canteens, offering a diverse food service to internal student and college staff customers complimenting the food provided by catering staff.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Together, they support approximately 7,500 students across

Together, they support approximately 7,500 students across four main campuses in St Helens and Knowsley, delivering high-quality education and training that meets the needs of learners, employers, and communities.

02

As part of the curriculum, students are

As part of the curriculum, students are required to prepare, butcher, and cook a variety of meat, poultry, and game products to develop competencies in handling, portioning, and presenting dishes to a professional standard.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
000348-2026
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