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title: "Corporate Catering & Events Concession"
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# Corporate Catering & Events Concession

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/corporate-catering-events-concession-ocds-h6vhtk-04982e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bristol City Council: "Corporate Catering & Events Concession". Published status: complete. Published Value: £86,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bristol City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bristol-city-council-nhs-909)
- **Published Value:** £86,000,000 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 October 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive dialogue
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £54,843,447 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04982e`

## 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/corporate-catering-events-concession-ocds-h6vhtk-04982e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D3f64258a-f466-ef11-812e-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/corporate-catering-events-concession-ocds-h6vhtk-04982e#participate

## Description
Bristol City Council (BCC) is looking to engage a single concessionaire with specialist food industry expertise to assume delivery responsibility for cafés, catering and event / function services across a number of venues expected to include, but not limited to:
- City Hall
- Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG)
- M Shed
- Central Library
- Create Centre
- Ashton Court Estate (Courtyard Café, Golf Café & Gold Ticket Office)
- Hengrove Play Park: Beach Hut Cafe
- Blaise Plant Nursery: Plant Cafe
- Blaise Castle Estate: Blaise Cafe
- Café kiosks: Canford Park, Oldbury Court Estate, St Georges Park: Bake Box Kiosk
The contract allows for a clause to add further sites as they are required.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £86,000,000
- **Description:** Bristol City Council (BCC) sought to engage a single concessionaire with specialist food industry expertise to assume delivery responsibility for cafés, catering and event / function services across a number of venues expected to include, but not lim...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 036634-2025-DN730398-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Compass Contract Services (UK) Limited trading as Restaurant Associates Venues**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175438`
  - Value: £54,843,447 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 036634-2025-DN730398-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £54,843,447
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036634-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-02T08:58:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T01:59:24.229Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04982e