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title: "Catering Services - Aspen Gardens Bistro"
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# Catering Services - Aspen Gardens Bistro

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-aspen-gardens-bistro-ocds-h6vhtk-030b31). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North Star Housing Group Limited: "Catering Services - Aspen Gardens Bistro". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,667,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [North Star Housing Group Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-star-housing-group-limited-rsh-lh0084)
- **Published Value:** £1,667,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 February 2022 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Canteen and catering services, Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-aspen-gardens-bistro-ocds-h6vhtk-030b31#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030b31`

## 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/catering-services-aspen-gardens-bistro-ocds-h6vhtk-030b31#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fnorthstarhg%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-aspen-gardens-bistro-ocds-h6vhtk-030b31#participate

## Description
North Star is looking to procure a provider of catering services to operate and run The Bistro at our Aspen Gardens site.  Our Extra Care scheme, Aspen Gardens is located in the Hardwick area of Stockton. The Scheme is part of a regeneration area within a large housing estate of mixed development and tenure. The service is located close to a number of local amenities and on the doorstep to North Tees Hospital. The extra care scheme was developed in partnership with Stockton Borough Council and North Star to meet the needs of older people who need care and support to continue to live independently in the community and in their own home. The service opened in 2007, it is a building with a mixture of 50, two bedroomed apartments and Bungalows set around a courtyard with vast outdoor space.  The building has several valuable facilities including a commercial kitchen enabling us to serve meals throughout the day in our fully refurbished light and airy bistro area, communal lounges, tr

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55500000, 55520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £1,667,000
- **Description:** Operate the Bistro at our Aspen Gardens site. Full scope of works is available within the tender pack.

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Catering Services - Aspen Gardens (active)
  - Award id: `008394-2022-NSTAR P/REF 0038-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Creative Management Services Ltd **
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-64153`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Catering Services - Aspen Gardens (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 28/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008394-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-29T11:56:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T09:34:42.202Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030b31