Official UK procurement notice
Catering for Staff Summer Engagement Event 2025
Authority: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is hosting a staff engagement event, held for one week from the 1st – 4th July 2025 (Monday 1st set up) at Bedford Hospital, and for another week 7th-11th July 2025 at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
You are invited to Tender for the provision of food and associated catering services as per the Tender specification.
We require your response on the Tender Return form, but additional supporting documents can be uploaded. Your submission should include all necessary details of the service proposed along with details of your experience of providing such services.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
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CPV: Canteen and catering services · Catering services · Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 50%
- Commercial: 40%
- Social Value and Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Social Value and Sustainability
- Commercial
- Quality
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jun 2025, 10:05 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jun 2025, 10:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029011- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052a47Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jun 2025
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
2 Jun 2025 → 1 Jul 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published2 Jun 2025, 10:05 BST
- Clarification questions by16 Jun 2025
- Submission deadline17 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Jun 2025, 10:05 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender