Tender Details

Country: United Kingdom
Summary: Pre Market Engagement - Provision of Catering Services
GBT Ref No: 124760759
Deadline: 18 Sep 2025
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Government
Tender Value: Refer Document
Notice Type: Tender
Document Ref. No.: T281 ME
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Description:
This is a Pre-Market Engagement Exercise for Lift Schools. The purpose of this preliminary market engagement exercise is to inform suppliers in the current market and gain information to inform a potential future procurement. At this stage, any information gathered through this exercise will inform the Trust internal business planning and the subsequent procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase and is not part of a formal procurement process. The current Trust Catering Service is responsible for producing meals per day to children within nursery, primary, special, secondary schools including 6th form provision. Spend annually is currently estimated at £10million. Lift Schools was founded in 2008 (as Academies Enterprise Trust) and we currently have a total of 57 schools (primary, secondary and special) which is increasing to 58 from 1 January 2026 and is an exempt charitable company. Our turnover for the year 2023/24 was £290.7m. Currently the trust spans over 5 regions in England from Isle of Wight to Yorkshire. The trust has DFE approval to increase our number of primary schools in the future and we are in active discussions at this time with a number of potential schools. We have a total of four schools that are classed as PFI schools along with a further school which is a part PFI school where we are responsible for the soft FM services (catering and cleaning) whilst they manage hard FM services. The current Trust Catering Service is resp...
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Pre Market Engagement - Provision of Catering Services - Greatbritain Tender

The LIFT SCHOOLS, a Government sector organization in United Kingdom, has announced a new tender for Pre Market Engagement - Provision of Catering Services. This tender is published on GreatbritainTenders under GBT Ref No: 124760759 and is categorized as a Tender. Interested and eligible suppliers are invited to participate by reviewing the tender documents and submitting their bids before the deadline on 2025-09-18.

The estimated tender value is Refer Document, and full details, including technical specifications and submission requirements, are provided in the official tender documents. Ensure all submissions meet the criteria outlined to be considered for evaluation.