DMAT - Catering Tender
Educo · South East · up to £2,768,000
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What the buyer wants
Educo is managing a two-stage procurement process for school catering services on behalf of a Trust. The first stage involves an Expression of Interest with a Selection Questionnaire to shortlist 4-5 bidders. The second stage includes briefing sessions, site visits, submission of financial and technical proposals, and presentations by a final shortlist of 3 tenderers.
Educo on behalf of the Trust will manage a 2-stage process through the mytenders portal that links to the Find a Tender Central Digital Platform.
2.1 EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
The 1st Stage of this tender is to assess the most appropriate Contractors from their expression of interest applied and on information and responses provided and submitted on the mytenders portal as requested in this Selection Questionnaire. Please see Section 4.0 for requirements for submission.
The highest scoring 4 - 5 bidders will be invited to progress to Stage 2
2.2 PROPOSAL AND FORM OF TENDER STAGE
The 2nd Stage will comprise of:
• Initial on-line Briefing session to outline key requirements, expand on completing forms of tender and answer any questions.
• Site visits to the School(s).
• Submission by Tenderers of their Forms of Tender outlining their financial proposal and responses to Technical Questions within the ITT that describe the operational support to the teams on site, and the Schools
• Submissions will be evaluated with the highest scoring being shortlisted.
• The shortlist of 3 Tenderers will be asked to present to representatives of the Schools and Educo.
How Tenderoo reads it
The notice reads as one for a larger supplier: check the value, the geography and the requirements before committing time to it.
Services required
- School catering services
What you will need to show
- Responses to Selection Questionnaire — Suppliers must complete and submit a Selection Questionnaire via the mytenders portal providing information and responses as requested to assess suitability at the Expression of Interest stage.
- Financial proposal submission — Suppliers must submit a Form of Tender outlining their financial proposal during the second stage of the tender process.
- Technical questions response — Suppliers must respond to technical questions within the ITT describing operational support to teams on site and the schools.
- Attend briefing session and site visits — Suppliers must participate in an initial online briefing session and site visits to the schools as part of the second stage process.
- Presentation to schools and Educo — Shortlisted suppliers must present their proposals to representatives of the schools and Educo.
Documents to submit
- Selection Questionnaire responses
- Form of Tender including financial proposal
- Responses to ITT technical questions
Lots
- Lot 1 (up to £2,768,000)
Key facts
- Buyer: Educo
- Estimated value: up to £2,768,000
- Deadline was: 21 October 2026
- Location: South East
- Published on: Find a Tender
- First seen by Tenderoo: 17 September 2026
- CPV: 55524000
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