01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- The Breakspear School
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 5 January 2026
Description
The school is tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every child at the school. The initial contract duration is set for three years, starting on 23rd February 2026, with a potential extension for two more years contingent on client satisfaction and mutual agreement on budgets and service levels. The primary objective of this contract is to enhance services, maximising sales and Free School Meal (FSM) uptake through proactive management, consistent high-quality food and robust, tangible contract support. The School and CCL (Cohesion Consulting Ltd) expect the successful Contractor to guarantee their financial proposal within reason and uphold excellent standards. The business manager has requested that in this tender exercise the bidders focus on: A transformational working partnership, delivered via a TUPE compliant bid, with additional recommendations on service equipment, serving points, staffing levels and a bespoke food concept to drive sales and uptake. In essence, the School needs to be convinced the bidders can deliver on their promises, achieve sales targets, implement service enhancements effectively and support the School in day-to-day operations. The school reserves the right to award its own contract, with the provision to revert to an ‘insourced’ solution or a ‘no award’ decision if the proposals fail to convince. The estimated contract turnover for three years including VAT stands at approximately £750,000. Due to the challenging contract timelines, the contract is being tendered under the light touch regime with an accelerated timeline. To express interest in the tender and access all contract documents (which are available free of charge), kindly register on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/aspx/Home, if you haven’t already, and declare your interest in the opportunity.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Delivered in Catering Services - Primary School
- Awarded
- 16 January 2026
- Award value
- £721,050
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 2 April 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
The Breakspear School
The Breakspear School, Bushey Road, Ickenham, Uxbridge, UKI74, UB10 8JA, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PYBG-5394-NNLTCohesion Consulting Ltd
Cohesion Consulting, Royal Tunbridge Wells, UKJ46, TN1 1QU, United Kingdom
Companies House 13682273 →The Orchard Contract Catering
22 Church Close,, Uxbridge, UKI74, UB82XG, United Kingdom
Companies House 15325252 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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