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title: "Catering Services"
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# Catering Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040c57). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Sussex: "Catering Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £60,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Sussex](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-sussex-urn-133795)
- **Published Value:** £60,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 October 2023 at 00:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ, UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040c57`

## 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-040c57#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040c57#participate

## Description
The proposition covers the University of Sussex campus, with the aim of delivering delicious
food experiences, which consider the unique needs of our student and staff community
through diversity of offer, balanced nutrition, affordability, and an ethical supply chain. The
University is looking for a service provider(s) who has scope and ambition to deliver a best in
class food and beverage offer, is agile enough to meet the changing needs of the diverse
customer base, is focused on driving penetration and volume, and delivers against the
University of Sussex's values.
This will be over two Lots.
Lot 1:
• Fuelling (meals and sit-down service)
• Snacking (grab and go and café offers)
• Delivered hospitality food and beverage provision
• Conference and event food and beverage provision
• Summer school food and beverage provision
• Vending
Lot 2:
• Ready to eat, mobile / pop-up street food concepts
• Mobile and pop-up coffee concepts

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Lot 1:
• Fuelling (meals and sit-down service)
• Snacking (grab and go and café offers)
• Delivered hospitality food and beverage provision
• Conference and event food and beverage provision
• Summer school food and beverage provision
• Vending

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 55520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Lot 2:
• Ready to eat, mobile / pop-up street food concepts
• Mobile and pop-up coffee concepts

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 030473-2023-C1001372-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Compass Contract Services (UK) Limited Trading As Chartwells**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65733`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 030473-2023-C1001372-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 15/10/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030473-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-16T13:55:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T13:27:04.084Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040c57