Newham Cluster - Catering Tender Apr27

Buyer
Educo
Value
£11,557,000
Closes
27 November 2026
Where
Leicester, London
Type
Open tender

In plain English

Educo, a buying body acting for seven primary schools in the London Borough of Newham, wants a contract caterer to provide school lunches during term time. Each school will choose its own supplier from the seven lots, and the total contract value is estimated at £11.557 million. This first stage is a Selection Questionnaire (a pre-qualification form) to find experienced catering companies that can progress to the full tender.

What the buyer wants

• Complete the Stage 1 Selection Questionnaire on the mytenders portal to show your experience, financial standing and compliance • Demonstrate you can run term-time pupil meal provision at school scale, across one or more of the seven lots • Be prepared for a Stage 2 tender, where schools may consider a single supplier across all seven sites for added benefit

Lots

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

Most small businesses would be excluded at Stage 1 because the questionnaire typically requires proven multi-site school catering experience, minimum turnover or financial thresholds and food safety accreditations that are difficult to evidence without an established track record.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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