The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services to The Thinking Schools Academy Trust. The schools within the Trust are listed below and are situated in the Medway and in Portsmouth.

— The Rochester Grammar School;

— Chatham Grammar School for Boys;

— New Horizons Children's Academy;

— All Faiths Children's Academy;

— The Gordon Schools Federation;

— Portsmouth Academy for Girls;

— Isambard Brunel Junior School;

— Newbridge Primary School.

The catering tender will require catering contractors to bid on both option 1 and option 2 as set out below:

Option 1:

All schools in TSAT are tendered for a 5 year contract starting Sept 2015 that considers Portsmouth Academy for Girls becoming a service kitchen to Newbridge and Isambard. The contract allows any new school that joins TSAT to enter.

Option 2:

The secondary schools in TSAT are tendered for a 5 year contract starting Sept 2015 and the contract allows the primary schools to enter from Sept 2017 for 3 years plus any additional schools that join TSAT to enter.