AwardedAwarded 4 February 2026

Star Academies ~ Catering Tender

Star Academies · Local or regional public body

In brief

Star Academies awarded catering work to Mellors Catering Services Limited on 4 February 2026.

It is split into 3 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

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

What the notice says

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Star Academies, at the following sites. The opportunity will be broken down into Lots according to Geographic location. Bidders may bid for individual Lots or all Lots. Please note that bidders who intend to bid for more than one Lot will be required to submit a separate response for each Lot (links to each Lot are provided within the contract notice) Lot 1 – North ~ £ 20.7 million Eden Boys' School, Preston The Olive School, Preston Highfield Leadership Academy The Valley Leadership Academy Eden Boys' School, Bolton The Olive School, Bolton Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester Eden Boys' Leadership Academy,…Read the full description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Star Academies, at the following sites. The opportunity will be broken down into Lots according to Geographic location. Bidders may bid for individual Lots or all Lots. Please note that bidders who intend to bid for more than one Lot will be required to submit a separate response for each Lot (links to each Lot are provided within the contract notice) Lot 1 – North ~ £ 20.7 million Eden Boys' School, Preston The Olive School, Preston Highfield Leadership Academy The Valley Leadership Academy Eden Boys' School, Bolton The Olive School, Bolton Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester The Olive School, Manchester Bay Leadership Academy Star Salford Academy Star Radcliffe Academy Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy High Crags Primary Leadership Academy Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy Lot 2 – Midlands ~ £ 16 million Eden Boys' School, Birmingham North The Olive School, Birmingham Small Heath Leadership Academy Eden Girls' School, Coventry Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham The Olive School, Small Heath Starbank, Birmingham (all through school with four sub divisions – 1x secondary and 3x primary across three sites) Lot 3 London ~ £ 3.3 million Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest The Olive School, Hackney Current Contract value = £5.6million per annum across all three Lots The Trusts expects that additional schools may join the contract over the life of the contract. It is not expected that this growth will exceed 40% of the current contract value. The Trust is looking to award a contract for each Lot or multiple Lots based upon a three-year contract with the option to extend for up to a further four years. Please see PSQ Document for further information.

Lots

LotTradeValue
Lot 1——
Lot 2——
Lot 3——

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
Mellors Catering Services Limited (SME)
3 bids received
Lot 1£20,700,000
Awarded 4 February 2026
Mellors Catering Services Limited (SME)
4 bids received
Lot 2£16,000,000
Awarded 4 February 2026
Mellors Catering Services Limited (SME)
5 bids received
Lot 3£3,300,000
Awarded 4 February 2026

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

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 050674-2026

Last time this was bought

Star Academies - Mechanical Services

Awarded
12 August 2026
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Contract ends
30 April 2029

Matched on Star Academies, 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

Star AcademiesLast 12 months

Procurements

11

Awards

11

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From notice 050674-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 29 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.