# Invitation to Tender for the Provision of a School Meals service at St Thomas More Primary School

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council](/buyers/rochdale-metropolitan-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Mellors Catering Service
- Award value: £320,000
- Tender value: £180,000
- Award date: 29 March 2018
- Published: 18 May 2018
- Contract start: 1 September 2018
- Contract end: 31 March 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9bcebf8c-f7f9-4bf9-a206-1079506c5054-217062
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-55d8f195-8275-4059-9a65-386836be0133

## Description

St Thomas More RC Primary School is based in the Borough of Rochdale and enrols pupils from the ages 4 to 11\. There are currently 314 pupils on roll\. Excluding Nursery The school is seeking to create a partnership with a suitably qualified and experienced catering provider based on openness, honesty, trust and a mutual desire to develop and deliver a standard of catering to pupils, staff and visitors that matches the excellent level of education already in place\. It is important that any company accepting this invitation to participate understands and respects this approach and commits to fully supporting the school to achieve its objective of providing service excellence at all times\. This is an opportunity for a contract caterer to enter into a partnership with the School\. Any eventual contract will commence on 9th April 2018 until 8th April 2020 with the option to extend annually for a further 24 months until April 2022\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9bcebf8c-f7f9-4bf9-a206-1079506c5054-217062)