How to win: Park View School ~ Catering Tender

About this contract

Park View School is a non-selective Tottenham secondary school maintained by the Local Authority (Haringey). It has roughly 1,040 pupils, with around 50% of pupils eligible to Free School Meals. In February 2023, the school was again rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. The catchment area of Park View encompasses one of the most ethnically, culturally and socially diverse areas in the UK and over 74% of pupils at the school speak English as an additional language. Park View emphasises its "broad and balanced" curriculum, placing equal importance on the arts and sport alongside academic rigour, to support pupils' success. Park View School has a working partnership with the London Academy of Excellence (LAE), which is a large high-performing sixth-form college in Tottenham. As such, LAE will be supporting Park View school throughout the tender process and will play an active role in the evaluation and selection of the contractor. Basis of Contract The school wishes to appoint a supplier to deliver full catering services. The contract will commence from 1st September 2026 for an initial period of 3 years plus an option to extend for 2 periods of 1 year and operate under a ‘Cost-Plus’ basis wit

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Park View School scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £1,666,666, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 1 May 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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