School Catering Services Framework Agreement
- Buyer
- MOORLANDS LEARNING TRUST
- Value
- £21,000,000
- Closes
- 3 November 2026
- Where
- Ilkley, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
A school catering services framework agreement for North and West Yorkshire. Educational establishments (schools, academies, trusts) can use this agreement to buy meal preparation and catering services. The contract starts with ten primary schools across three different education trusts.
What the buyer wants
• Provide meal planning, food preparation, and catering services for school pupils and staff • Deliver nutritious meals that meet school food standards and dietary requirements • Manage kitchen operations, food hygiene, and staffing for school dining facilities
Lots
- Colloborative Learning Trust
- Moorlands Learning Trust
- Harehills Primary School
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
Most small independent caterers will struggle: this is a framework for 10+ schools with high volume meal provision (likely 1000+ meals daily across sites), requiring significant staffing, multiple kitchen facilities, and ability to manage complex nutritional/allergy protocols at scale. The £21m estimated value suggests contracts too large for micro-businesses (under 10 employees).
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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