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Cashless Catering and School Meal Ordering System

The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust · Education

In brief

The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust has announced plans to buy catering and IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 1 September 2027.

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

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for catering contracts in this region (from 54 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust is undertaking preliminary market engagement to better understand the market for modern school cashless catering, meal ordering and payment solutions. The Trust currently operates a mixture of primary, secondary, and all-through schools and wishes to gather information on available technologies, service models, integrations, innovations and implementation approaches. The information received will be used solely to understand current market capability, available delivery and integration models, indicative commercial approaches and emerging developments. It may also inform the Trust’s procurement strategy and the development of a future specification. This exercise does not constitute a call for competition, tender process, supplier shortlisting exercise or pre-qualification process.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 085833-2026

About the buyer

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From notice 085833-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 10 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.