Catering services

What it offers

The Education Buying Catering Services DPS is a PCR15-compliant way to access the market via an easy, supported further competition process for a fully managed, outsourced catering service, with pre-vetted suppliers ensuring a faster award process.

The DPS is specifically for school catering services with the flexibility to respond to changes in the market.

Catering services include, but are not limited to:

• innovative and healthy menu development
• menu substitutions or variations
• free school meals
• dietary requirements
• packed lunches
• breakfast, snack and after school clubs
• pre-ordering and online payment systems
• skilled dieticians, chefs, and staff
• premises and equipment
• environment and sustainability
• marketing and merchandising
• food safety and hygiene
• social value
• waste management or cleaning

Benefits

• split by geographical area so that national and local suppliers can be admitted onto the DPS at any time, subject to meeting the minimum criteria
• simple to use with further support available from Education Buying
• social value is included as part of the assessed award criteria when running a further competition, creating social value outcomes that benefit the school and the wider community

All frameworks also offer:

• compliance with the relevant procurement regulations
• suppliers pre-checked by the approved framework provider
• pre-agreed terms and conditions

Provider: Education Buying

Expires: 31 August 2026