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Rickmansworth School Catering Tender

RICKMANSWORTH SCHOOL · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 18:26.

Opportunity overview

Rickmansworth School is a successful secondary school in Hertfordshire. The School is tendering its catering services with a contract start date of 1st August 2026. The initial term will run for three years, ending on 31st July 2029, with a requirement for termly and annual reviews and a break clause to support both parties should the relationship not prosper. There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance. The current contract with Culinera has reached the maximum tenure of five years. The School is seeking a professional catering contractor who can deliver an excellent level of service, high-quality food and service enhancements, realistic and achievable sales targets and ongoing support to the School community throughout the contract. The projected turnover for the five-year contract is expected to be circa £2.5 million. The School is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Light Touch Regime, Tender Process. To declare your interest in the tender and download contract documents (available free of charge), please register on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/aspx/Home Once registered, please declare interest in the opportunity to access and download the full document set. In short, the School needs to be convinced that bidders can deliver their promises in full, achieve their sales projections, and meet their service enhancements. If the School is not convinced of this, it reserves the right to consider an insourced solution or make no award. Any investment proposals must align with DFE guidelines.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Culinera Limited

Matched by number
Published award value
£111.6k
Awarded
22 Jun 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 12382186
Location
Buckinghamshire, UKJ13, HP6 6FA, 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
CCL_134
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
RICKMANSWORTH SCHOOL
Id
GB-COH-07563361

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
07563361

Address

Street Address
Rickmansworth School
Locality
Rickmansworth
Postal Code
WD3 3AQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH23

Contact

Name
CCL Procurement Team

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Cohesion Consulting Limited
Id
GB-COH-13682273
Role Details
Cohesion are managing the tender process on behalf of the School

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
13682273

Address

Street Address
16 Mount Pleasant
Locality
Tunbridge Wells
Postal Code
TN1 1QU
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ46

Contact

Roles

procuringEntity
processContactPoint

Details

Organisation 3
Name
Culinera Limited
Id
GB-COH-12382186

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
12382186

Address

Street Address
Rose House, Old Saw Mill Place
Locality
Buckinghamshire
Postal Code
HP6 6FA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ13

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Rickmansworth School Catering Tender
Status
active
Date
23 Jun 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
23 Jun 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
55524000
Description
School catering services

Value

Including VAT
133,888
Amount
111,574
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-12382186
Name
Culinera Limited

Contract period

Starts
22 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
21 Jul 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
21 Jul 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
There will be an option to extend for a further two years (1+1), subject to satisfactory performance and client agreement on budgets and service levels.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
059009-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
23 Jun 2026, 14:36
Format
text/html

Milestones

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Rickmansworth · UKH23 · WD3 3AQ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 027072-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 059009-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·