AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Educo, acting for Cardinal Hume Academies Trust, awarded a school catering services contract to Olive Dining for three named schools in London. The published contract record states that it was signed on 6 July 2026, starts on 1 August 2026 and has an initial term to 31 July 2029.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for Olive Dining under lot 1.
Market significanceThe contract has a published net value of £5,515,356.80, with up to two one-year extensions that could take the maximum end date to 31 July 2031.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Olive Dining
98% confidenceAward 1 · Lots Lot 1 · £5,515,356.80 net; £6,618,428.16 gross GBP · Active award and contract
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Award 1 names Olive Dining as supplier for related lot 1. Contract 1, linked to award 1, gives the published values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Tender notice published
98% confidence22 January 2026
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Release history records tender notice 005997-2026 released on 2026-01-22.
Award announced
98% confidence2 June 2026
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Release history records contract award notice 051937-2026 released on 2026-06-02; award record gives award_date 2026-06-02.
Contract signed
99% confidence6 July 2026
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Contract 1 explicitly records dateSigned as 2026-07-06.
Contract start
99% confidence1 August 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-08-01.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 and contract 1 are each marked active.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract document 097388-2026 and release history give publication date 2026-10-15.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value, net
99% confidence£5,515,356.80
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Contract 1 value.amount is 5515356.8 GBP.
Published contract value, gross
99% confidence£6,618,428.16
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 6618428.16 GBP.
Value allocation
93% confidenceThe published contract value relates to the single recorded award and lot; no school-level or pricing breakdown is supplied.
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One award is linked to lot 1 and one contract is linked to award 1; no itemised values are provided.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Initial term
99% confidence1 August 2026 to 31 July 2029
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Contract 1 period gives startDate 2026-08-01 and endDate 2029-07-31.
Maximum possible end date
99% confidence31 July 2031
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Contract 1 period.maxExtentDate is 2031-07-31.
Extension structure
98% confidenceTwo potential one-year extensions after the initial term
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Contract renewal description states an option to extend with one year plus one year.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
99% confidenceSchool catering services
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Award item classification is CPV 55524000, School catering services.
Customer requirement
94% confidenceTerm-time catering for pupils and staff, with emphasis on consistent service, student engagement, innovation, creativity, and supported and trained on-site teams.
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Tender description states these requirements.
Schools named in the notice
97% confidenceBishop Douglass School (Finchley), Salvatorian RC College (Harrow), and St George's Catholic School (Maida Vale)
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Tender description identifies the constituent schools of Cardinal Hume Academies Trust.
Delivery areas
94% confidenceLondon regions UKI74, UKI75 and UKI32
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Award item deliveryAddresses list these three regions.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
98% confidenceOpen procedure; described as a competitive flexible procedure
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Tender fields state procurementMethod open and procurementMethodDetails Competitive flexible procedure.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne completed lot recorded
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Tender lots contains lot 1 with status complete; award 1 relates to lot 1.
Competition details
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bidder count, tenderer list, evaluation scores, ranking or award rationale is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract title
99% confidenceCardinal Hume Academies Trust - Catering
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Contract 1 title.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceYes
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is true.
Renewal provision
99% confidenceRenewal option recorded: one year plus one year following the initial term.
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Contract 1 hasRenewal is true and includes this renewal description.
Performance monitoring
92% confidenceSix agreed metrics are recorded with monthly observation frequency; metric subject matter is not described.
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Contract 1 lists six agreedMetrics, each with an observation period of one month, but titles are numeric only.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Multi-site school catering opportunity
95% confidenceThe award covers catering for a trust described as having three schools, with term-time service for pupils and staff.
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Tender description names three schools and states the term-time requirement.
Service priorities
94% confidenceThe published requirement highlights service consistency, student engagement, innovation, creativity, and workforce support and training.
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Tender description states these priorities.
Published value basis
97% confidenceBoth net and gross contract values are published; the notice does not provide a unit-rate, meal-volume or school-level value breakdown.
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Contract value supplies amount and amountGross only.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier legal-entity verification
99% confidenceOlive Dining is the published supplier name, but no verified legal company name or Companies House number is supplied in the provided data.
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Supplier verification status is not_applicable and verified company fields are null.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lot record has null title, description and value fields.
Competition and evaluation
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, bidder names beyond the winner, scores, award rationale or evaluation weighting is present.
Metric detail
96% confidenceMonthly observation frequency is published, but the six metric titles are numeric and do not explain the measures.
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Agreed metrics are titled 1 to 6, each with a one-month observation period.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Olive Dining is the published supplier name, but the supplied data contains no verified legal company name or company number.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description, separate value or pricing breakdown.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder count, non-winning bidders, evaluation method, scores, ranking, award rationale and tender submission deadline.
- The notice names three schools but does not allocate contract value, volumes or service requirements between them.
- The six agreed performance metrics are not descriptively labelled, so their subject matter cannot be determined.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Olive DiningCardinal Hume Academies TrustEducoschool catering servicescatering contractFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Cardinal Hume Academies Trust catering contract?
Olive Dining is named as the supplier for the single recorded award.
What is the published value of the catering contract?
The contract record gives a net value of £5,515,356.80 and a gross value of £6,618,428.16.
When does the contract run?
The initial period is 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2029. Two one-year extension options could take the maximum end date to 31 July 2031.
Which schools are named in the procurement description?
Bishop Douglass School in Finchley, Salvatorian RC College in Harrow, and St George's Catholic School in Maida Vale.
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