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
| Lot | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | — | — |
| Lot 2 | — | — |
| Lot 3 | — | — |
Who won
| Winner | Lot | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 050674-2026
Last time this was bought
Star Academies - Mechanical Services
- Won by
- Key Integrated Services (Maintenance) Limited, CHL Mechanical Services Ltd, Orton Electrical Services Ltd
- 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
11Awards
11Suppliers it has used most for catering
- Mellors Catering Services Limited1 contract
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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.