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AwardedAwarded 12 June 2025

Framework for the Provision of Food and Outsourced Catering Services

Heart Academies Trust · Local or regional public body

In brief

Heart Academies Trust awarded catering work to Mellors Catering Services Limited and Turner & Price Limited on 12 June 2025.

It is split into 2 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

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What the notice says

Value Match and HEART are looking to source a single Supplier per Lot to service a Catering Framework with a focus on providing meals with high nutritional value that are accessible and appealing to students. The desired outcome of this process is to award a Framework for a catering offering with a focus on maximising learning outcomes for children. Meals with high nutritional value will enable students to focus and learn, this is particularly important as for some children, the school lunch may be the only meal, or the only healthy meal, of the day.

Lots

LotTradeValue
Lot 1 - Catering Services
What this lot covers

Value Match and HEART are looking to source a single Supplier per Lot to service a Catering Framework with a focus on providing meals with high nutritional value that are accessible and appealing to students. The desired outcome of this process is to award a Framework for a catering offering with a focus on maximising learning outcomes for children. Meals with high nutritional value will enable students to focus and learn, this is particularly important as for some children, the school lunch may be the only meal, or the only healthy meal, of the day. Additional information: The value stated is an estimate of anticipated call‑off spend over the framework term and does not represent a guaranteed or committed value.

Catering—
Lot 2 - Food Only
What this lot covers

Value Match and HEART are looking to source a single Supplier per Lot to service a Catering Framework with a focus on providing meals with high nutritional value that are accessible and appealing to students. The desired outcome of this process is to award a Framework for a catering offering with a focus on maximising learning outcomes for children. Meals with high nutritional value will enable students to focus and learn, this is particularly important as for some children, the school lunch may be the only meal, or the only healthy meal, of the day. Additional information: The value stated is an estimate of anticipated call‑off spend over the framework term and does not represent a guaranteed or committed value.

Catering—

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
Mellors Catering Services Limited
6 bids received
Lot 1 - Catering Services£100,000,000
Turner & Price Limited
3 bids received
Lot 2 - Food Only£100,000,000

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

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · notice 030894-2026

About the buyer

Heart Academies TrustLast 12 months

Procurements

7

Awards

3
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From notice 030894-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 2 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.