Awarded contract

Star Academies ~ Catering Tender

Details

Value
£40,000,000
Duration
8 years
Topic
School catering services
Published
29 May 2026

Tender description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Star Academies, at the following sites. The opportunity will be broken down into Lots according to Geographic location. Bidders may bid for individual Lots or all Lots. Please note that bidders who intend to bid for more than one Lot will be required to submit a separate response for each Lot (links to each Lot are provided within the contract notice) Lot 1 – North ~ £ 20.7 million Eden Boys' School, Preston The Olive School, Preston Highfield Leadership Academy The Valley Leadership Academy Eden Boys' School, Bolton The Olive School, Bolton Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester The Olive School, Manchester Bay Leadership Academy Star Salford Academy Star Radcliffe Academy Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy High Crags Primary Leadership Academy Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy Lot 2 – Midlands ~ £ 16 million Eden Boys' School, Birmingham North The Olive School, Birmingham Small Heath Leadership Academy Eden Girls' School, Coventry Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham The Olive School, Small Heath Starbank, Birmingham (all through school with four sub divisions – 1x secondary and 3x primary across three sites) Lot 3 London ~ £ 3.3 million Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest The Olive School, Hackney Current Contract value = £5.6million per annum across all three Lots The Trusts expects that additional schools may join the contract over the life of the contract. It is not expected that this growth will exceed 40% of the current contract value. The Trust is looking to award a contract for each Lot or multiple Lots based upon a three-year contract with the option to extend for up to a further four years. Please see PSQ Document for further information. ## Contract award Title: Lot 1 – North Lots: - Lot 1: Lot 1 – North ## Contract award Title: Lot 2 – Midlands Lots: - Lot 2: Lot 2 – Midlands ## Contract award Title: Lot 3 - London Lots: - Lot 3: Lot 3 - London

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date4 February 2026
  2. Completed: Award published29 May 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2033in 7 years

About the buyer

Star Academies is a not-for-profit multi-academy trust running 36 schools. The schools sit in five regional clusters across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, the West Midlands and East London. Head office and the professional development institute are in Blackburn. Many contracts are split into lots by region. Mechanical and fire and security tenders appoint up to two suppliers per lot.

Agency staff come from a preferred supplier list under Lot 1 of the GCA framework.

Over the past 5 years, most of Star Academies's contract awards have been in waste, cleaning and environmental services, recreation, culture and sport and business services.

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