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# Catering Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b2c5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Thames Valley Police England UK: "Catering Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,204,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Jun 2021, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Thames Valley Police England UK](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thames-valley-police-england-uk-GB-FTS-16716)
- **Published Value:** £1,204,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 June 2021 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Canteen and catering services, Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,261,203 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b2c5`

## 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-ocds-h6vhtk-02b2c5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D37490%26B%3DBLUELIGHT)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b2c5#participate

## Description
To provide catering services for:
• onsite full catering service provision at Police Training Centre in Berkshire;
• planned and unplanned policing events (24/7 365(6)) often at short notice and to include the full range of mobile catering equipment to support such an event (can vary in volume; length and provision);
• office based-buffets and localised hospitality.
Locations would include: Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Wiltshire* and Kent*.
*(very infrequent).

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

- **Estimated Value:** £1,204,000
- **Description:** To provide catering services for:
• onsite full catering service provision at Police Training Centre in Berkshire;
• planned and unplanned policing events (24/7 365(6)) often at short notice and to include the full range of mobile catering equipment ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Catering Services (active)
  - Award id: `022367-2021-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Compass Contract Services (UK) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65733`
  - Value: £2,261,203 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Catering Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,261,203
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022367-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-09T10:23:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:25:20.206Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b2c5