Official UK procurement notice
Contract for Land Occupation Concessions (PCR 2015 DPS)
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is for Land Occupation Concessions which consist of the following type of vendors below:
Hot Food catering;
Ice Cream catering;
Hot Drinks catering and
Alcohol Bar catering.
In the first instance this DPS will be used for catering vendors, however the scope of this DPS may expand into wider event provision.
The purpose of this DPS is to create a list of approved compliant vendors and allow the vendor to bid for the opportunity to legally operate on seasonal pitches, on Council owned land for specific duration. This process ensures visibility and transparency.
Please note, this solution was procured under PCR2015 and this notice is to ensure suppliers are aware of this DPS operating within Durham County Council land. Any interested parties should register on open-uk.org and complete the documents attached to 'Contract for Land Occupation Concessions (DPS).' Potential providers are able to complete the forms at anytime to be accepted onto stage 1 of the DPS. When opportunities arise, all bidders accepted onto stage 1 will be invited to bid for pitches, which are usually advertised on a seasonal basis.
CPV: Beverage-serving services · Canteen and catering services · Restaurant and food-serving services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no 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).
- “Contract for Land Occupation Concessions (PCR 2015 DPS)” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Jun 2025, 14:09 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jun 2025, 14:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033334- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f15Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
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Timeline
18 Jun 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published18 Jun 2025, 14:09 BST
- Market engagement241 days ago28 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
If you are interested in applying to be on this Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Land Occupation Concessions for Hot Food catering, Ice Cream catering or Hot Drinks catering, please register on open-uk.org and complete the documents attached to 'Contract for Land Occupation Concessions (DPS)'
- Contract starts241 days ago1 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Jun 2025, 14:09 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender