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title: "Cambridge City Council - Catering Services at Ditchburn Extra Care & Sheltered Housing Scheme"
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# Cambridge City Council - Catering Services at Ditchburn Extra Care & Sheltered Housing Scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cambridge-city-council-catering-services-at-ditchburn-extra-care-sheltered-housing-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-02b2e4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cambridge City Council: "Cambridge City Council - Catering Services at Ditchburn Extra Care & Sheltered Housing Scheme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £701,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cambridge City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cambridge-city-council-ons-e07000008)
- **Published Value:** £701,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 August 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £598,364 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b2e4`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cambridge-city-council-catering-services-at-ditchburn-extra-care-sheltered-housing-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-02b2e4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D80926bee-b3b8-eb11-810c-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cambridge-city-council-catering-services-at-ditchburn-extra-care-sheltered-housing-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-02b2e4#participate

## Description
Cambridge City Council are looking for a supplier to provide a well-run and managed catering service to serve the 36 extra-care residents whose meals are included as part of their rent, plus the 17 Sheltered residents, visitors and potentially the wider community on a 3-year contract, with the possibility to extend for a further 1 year.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £701,000

- **Contract Period:**  to 31/01/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 027808-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Servest Group**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-114248`
  - Value: £598,364 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 027808-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £598,364
  - Signed Date: 05/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027808-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-10-04T10:24:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T04:20:35.319Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b2e4