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Cotham School ~ Catering Tender

Cotham School · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering and hospitality services for Cotham School. Two sites listed below of the school are included in the tender, and we are seeking tender submissions for the whole contract. Cotham School has an excellent reputation in Bristol built upon its results and student performance ranked one of the best. The successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each site from the contract commencement. 1 - Secondary Schools 1 – Sixth form centre The process is to be inclusive of the requirements for the following locations: •Cotham School, Cotham Lawn Road, Cotham, Bristol, BS6 6DT •Cotham Learning Community, Charnwood House, 30 Cotham Park, Bristol, BS6 6BU The contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1st September 2026 until 31st August 2029, with the option to extend for further terms of 1 +1 years on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be guaranteed performance in nature. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose Initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services within the school. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food operations across the sites. Regular customer and parental engagement (using digital platforms and social media) will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term. These new standards of operation should meet the needs of pupil’s moving forward into this contract term. The contract will operate on a guaranteed basis (return or subsidy) with free school meals being charged to the client monthly at net food cost only. All hospitality is to be charged on a net food cost basis. The approximate current revenue (sales) within the contract annually is in the region of £352,000 across both locations. The successful contractor will be expected to put forward both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery and within the successful contractor’s organisation, while working to deliver the Cotham School environmental policies. Your approach to sustainability should mirror that of the school’s. The successful contractor should be able to evidence significant steps towards carbon neutrality as well as demonstrable plans to achieve their targets throughout the contractual term. It will be expected that sustainability as well as social value be reported through the management review meetings. The terms and conditions of employment and recognition offered to the catering operatives should be both progressive and forward thinking ensuring that the staffing establishment is always complete, and staff turnover is kept to a minimum. Please see PSQ Document for more information.

Awarded to

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Innovate Services Ltd

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Published award value
£1.8m
Awarded
10 Jun 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 06420662
Location
Woking, UKJ25, GU21 6EB, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05f2a8
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Cotham School
Id
GB-PPON-PYBW-8563-JMZW

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYBW-8563-JMZW

Address

Street Address
Cotham Lawn Road, Cotham
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS6 6DT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK11

Contact

Telephone
01276 673896

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Innovate Services Ltd
Id
GB-COH-06420662

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
06420662

Address

Street Address
St Andrews House, West Street
Locality
Woking
Postal Code
GU21 6EB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ25

Contact

Name
Jeremy Alderton

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Date
11 Jun 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
11 Jun 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
55524000
Description
School catering services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
1,760,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-06420662
Name
Innovate Services Ltd

Standstill Period

Ends
27 Jul 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
1+1 See PSQ Document for more information.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
067294-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
16 Jul 2026, 14:06
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
28 Jul 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK11 · BS6 6DT · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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