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City of London Academies Trust Catering Tender

City of London Academies Trust Catering

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Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£8,500,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
Tue 5 Nov 2024, 13:00 GMTClosed.
Published
3 Oct 2024
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The City of London Academies Trust (COLAT) is a highly successful Trust operating ten primary and secondary academies in London. Out of these, five have in-house services, four are outsourced and one Sixth Form, which is set to open next year, currently has no catering service. The Trust has approximately 8,000 students, ranging from 6 to 18 years old, supported by a team of 1,000 teaching and support staff. The Trust is tendering their catering services across three Lots in a two stage tender process under the Light Touch Regime:• Lot One includes three primary academies: COLA Primary Islington, Redriff and Galleywall. Annual sales turnover is £513,716.• Lot Two has two secondary academies with family-style dining: COLA Shoreditch Park and The City Academy Hackney. Annual sales turnover is £1,089,685.• Lot Three consists of five secondary academies with counter service: COLA Highgate Hill, Highbury Grove, Islington, Newham Collegiate Sixth Form (opening a new café by Septemb

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 55524000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 3 Oct 2024
    Tender notice

    Tender notice published 3 October 2024.

    Deadline in this release: Tue 5 Nov 2024, 13:00 GMT.

    Release 031796-2024

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  2. 26 Feb 2026
    Award notice

    Award notice published 26 February 2026. The source does not state what changed.

    Release 017339-2026

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The notice gave a deadline of Tuesday 5 November 2024, 13:00 GMT. It is no longer open for bids.

City of London Academies Trust Catering Tender published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £8,500,000.

08/ Related

Where to go next

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Reference
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Source
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Stage
tender · Open
Last verified
Mon 6 Apr 2026, 15:48 BST
Read at
Thu 22 Oct 2026, 18:46 BST

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