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RPJ3 Group

The Cheshire Primary School Group (CPSG) Framework Catering Tender 2026

HospitalityCPV 55524000
Value£7.3m
Deadline
Published2 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Neil Mayers
neil@rpj3group.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

www.mytenders.co.uk

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£7.3mtotal contract value
median £606k
this tender£0£7.9m

This is a large award for Hospitality & Catering — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 3,335 valued Hospitality & Catering tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Cheshire Primary School Group (CPSG) are seeking to procure a number of providers for a multi-supplier framework for catering services.

The main objective of this procurement exercise is to deliver the procurement of a framework that will enable the collaborative group to source catering services for the schools.

There are initially 11 schools in this framework, however, other schools may call off later.

It should be noted that it is not mandatory for schools to use this framework.

Schools will only call off from this agreement if they have a requirement to do so.

It is envisaged the number of contractors on the framework will be between 1 and 3 The provision of the service must demonstrate the best value approach and be flexible in its delivery and operation to ensure that the needs and ethos of individual schools are supported.

This framework process is targeted to have a catering contract in place to commence in April 2027 for the initial direct award schools.

Please note that this process covers all catering services within the collaborative group schools with full tender costings and proposals for the schools for a contract start in in April 2027 for the initial direct award schools.

These details will be further explained in the ITT documents.

The process will be through a competitive flexible procedure commencing with a participation stage to create a select bidder list following analysis of a PSQ document (within which the scoring criteria will be included).

The nature of the contract demands a good local infrastructure to provide and maintain the level and standard of catering services and support required by the collaborative group.

Labour resource/relief cover is very important.

We have set a minimum Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance of 10,000,000 GBP).

Following the analysis of PSQ’s the selected bidders will be invited to attend site surveys and tender briefing initially planned for mid-September 2026.

Tender response deadline is planned as Mid-October 2026 and it is envisaged that interviews will take place in mid-November 2026.

The contract will be for a 3 +1 +1 period (5 years in total including the option to extend for 1 + 1years after the initial 3 year term).

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The main objective of this procurement exercise

The main objective of this procurement exercise is to deliver the procurement of a framework that will enable the collaborative group to source catering services for the schools.

02

It should be noted that it is

It should be noted that it is not mandatory for schools to use this framework.

03

The provision of the service must demonstrate

The provision of the service must demonstrate the best value approach and be flexible in its delivery and operation to ensure that the needs and ethos of individual schools are supported.

04

The nature of the contract demands

The nature of the contract demands a good local infrastructure to provide and maintain the level and standard of catering services and support required by the collaborative group.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ab4d
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
051816-2026
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