Closed tender

GLF Schools Catering Contract

Details

Value
£36,000,000
Topic
School catering services
Published
25 November 2025
Submission
12 December 2025

Tender description

The Trust serves over 19,000 young people aged 2 to 19 in a diverse array of settings, with around 2,500 employees. Our schools are in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex and the London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Croydon. The Trust is seeking experienced caterers to provide high quality school catering services across the Trust, currently there are 8 secondary schools and 35 primary schools. It is anticipated the majority of the schools will be in scope, however the final number of schools will be defined later in the process. It is expected the contract will be divided into Lots, with bidders given the opportunity to apply for some or all of the various Lots.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published25 November 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date12 December 2025

About the buyer

GLF Schools is a multi-academy trust running 47 primary and secondary schools and nurseries across the South East of England, with its own procurement team handling purchasing across the trust. Schools sit across Surrey, Oxfordshire, West Sussex, Berkshire, Hampshire and London, organised into West, Central and South East regional areas. A dedicated procurement specialist manages compliant, value-for-money purchasing, contract management and commercial outcomes for the trust. GLF Schools is a registered charitable company, with its central office in Banstead, Surrey. The Trust Board is accountable to the Secretary of State for compliance with government, company and charity law.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of GLF Schools's contract awards have been in business services, communications equipment and hotel, catering and retail.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 55524000 · School catering services

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