AwardedAwarded 7 May 2026

Bohunt Education Trust ~ Catering Tender

Bohunt Education Trust · Education

In brief

Bohunt Education Trust awarded catering work to Accent Catering Services Ltd on 7 May 2026.

The notice gives a value of £19,000,000 including VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 1 September 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering and hospitality services for Bohunt Education Trust. 10 schools are part of the tender, and we are seeking tender submissions for the whole contract. The Bohunt Education Trust is a well-established Multi Academy Trust situated across, Berkshire, Hampshire, and West Sussex and will include at the commencement of this contract the following schools where the successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each school from the contract commencement. The schools which will be part of the tender are: 9 - Secondary Schools 1 – Primary delivered provision •Bohunt School –…Read the full description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering and hospitality services for Bohunt Education Trust. 10 schools are part of the tender, and we are seeking tender submissions for the whole contract. The Bohunt Education Trust is a well-established Multi Academy Trust situated across, Berkshire, Hampshire, and West Sussex and will include at the commencement of this contract the following schools where the successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each school from the contract commencement. The schools which will be part of the tender are: 9 - Secondary Schools 1 – Primary delivered provision •Bohunt School – Liphook, Longmoor Road, Liphook, Hampshire, GU30 7NY •The Petersfield School, Cranford Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU23 3LU •Bohunt Wokingham, Remount Drive, Arborfield, Reading, Berkshire RG2 9GB •The Costello School, Crossborough Hill, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 4AL •Bohunt Farnborough, Neville Duke Road, Farnborough, GU14 9BY •Bohunt Horsham, Bailey Road, Horsham, RH12 6AP •Bohunt School Worthing, 65a Broadwater Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH •Priory Southsea, Fawcett Road, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 0DL •Steyning Grammar School, Shooting Field, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RX •Rusper Primary School, 2 Cooks Mead, Rusper, Horsham RH12 4PU (No catering facilities - currently delivered service for FSMs) In addition to this the Multi Academy Trust is expected to grow in the number of schools becoming part of the trust during this contract period, and the provision of catering services within these schools when they have joined the MAT will fall under the scope of this contract. The successful contractor will be expected to provide the service within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratio’s etc they applied to their successful tender submission for the Bohunt Education Trust at the point of tender submission. The duration of the contract for these schools will not be increased, and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the MAT. The contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1st September 2026 until 31st August 2029, with the option to extend for further terms of 1 +1 years on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be guaranteed performance in nature. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose Initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services within the trust. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food operations across all schools. Regular customer and parental engagement (using digital platforms and social media) will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term. These new standards of operation should meet the needs of pupil’s moving forward into this contract term. The contract at each school will operate on a guaranteed basis (return or subsidy) with all universal free school meals and free school meals being charged to the client monthly at net food cost only. All hospitality is to be charged on a net food cost basis. The approximate current revenue within the contract annually is in the region of £3.8m for all schools. Please see PSQ Document for more information.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Accent Catering Services Ltd (SME)
4 bids received
£19,000,000
Awarded 7 May 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 069512-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 050609-2026

Last time this was bought

Bohunt Education Trust ~ Cleaning Tender

Awarded
28 April 2026
Value
£8,000,000
Bids
5

Matched on Bohunt Education Trust, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Procurements

5

Awards

4

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From notice 069512-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 29 October 2025, last updated 29 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.