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Catering Concession - Maison Dieu, Dover

Buyer: Dover District Council →

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BuyerDover District Council
StatusClosed
Deadline30 Mar 2026
Value£100,000
Published3 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Dover District Council (“the Council”) wishes to select and appoint up to two additional Caterers to provide Catering Services at the Maison Dieu, Dover and invites prospective Caterers to submit an offer to meet the Council’s requirements. The License is anticipated to commence upon 1st May 2026 and will continue until 31st March 2031 unless terminated in accordance with the Conditions of the License. A break clause will be available to both parties on 1st April 2029. Expressions of interest will only be accepted via the Kent Business Portal. The completed ITT response is to be submitted electronically via the Kent Business Portal by no later than 12:00 hours on the 30th March 2026. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Kent Business Portal portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-Dover:-Catering-services./GZ58Q67Z55 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/GZ58Q67Z55

Delivery location

UKJ44, GB

Categories

Catering services 55520000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 1 May 2026 to 31 Mar 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality (100%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Catering servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 55. The category anchor is Catering services (55520000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 552,2434 median · 12.5 average (874 of 2,243 with a bid count)1.8 average (902 of 2,243 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ4432 median · 2 average (1 of 3 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 3 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)611 median · 1 average (1 of 61 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 61 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0660a8
Latest release ID018867-2026
Latest release timestampTue Mar 03 2026 11:57:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018867-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-03-23T17:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsFor more information about this opportunity, please visit the Kent Business Portal portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-Dover:-Catering-services./GZ58Q67Z55 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/GZ58Q67Z55
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£100,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
3 Mar 2026tenderUpdate018867-2026
3 Mar 2026tender018842-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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