Official UK procurement notice
Culture, Sport & Tourism Catering Contract
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInterim 2-year catering contract with Baxter Storey to ensure continuity and to maintain services within Culture, Sport & Tourism operated venues, which gives the Council more time to develop its wider corporate approach and deliver its Strategic Catering Review.
Please note this contract will be re-procured competitively (by Open Competitive Flexible Tender) in 2026.
CPV: Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Feb 2025, 14:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Feb 2025, 14:17 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005601- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e34dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Following a delay in the review of the corporate catering position and the need in Culture and Sport to have a suitable catering offer to the Public, it has been agreed at REGMT to proceed with a two year contract with Baxter Storey to allow Culture and Sport colleagues to appropriately address the catering position within the Service and to prepare and execute an appropriate full procurement process for a long term arrangement. This interim-solution affords the Council time to establish the appropriate strategy whilst ensuring an offer to the Customer which is complaint with all necessary food legislation protocols but also enhances the facilities on offer to the Public. The allowing of this process is also on the basis of the commitment of the service to deliver a market procurement to implement a new contractual arrangement in 2027, which will be procured by Open Competitive Flexible process in 2026.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BaxterStorey Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005601-2025-1 · BaxterStorey Limited
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim 2-year catering contract with Baxter Storey to ensure continuity and to… | 1bids | — | — | £2,000,000 – £2,500,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £2,000,000 – £2,500,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The County Council of DurhamReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Baxter Storey LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.