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Published 8 Sept 2026, 15:27 BST
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EE-0009 Chelmsford County Girls Catering

CHELMSFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Education
Award under framework
Special Regime: {"lightTouch"}
No classification published
East of England (UKH)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Award under framework
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: CHELMSFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: "EE-0009 Chelmsford County Girls Catering". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

Provision of Catering Services to Chelmsford County High School for Girls as further described in Attachment 2 Chelmsford Girls Quote_Chartwells

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Compass Contract Services LimitedHolds 100% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: CHELMSFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for CHELMSFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure
    Competition Density
    Not availableNo published reports
    Single-bidder rate: Not published
    Supplier Concentration
    High ConcentrationIndicative
    Compass Contract Services LimitedTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £2,619,936Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 1 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £2,619,936Indicative (n=1)
    Single attributable award retained
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (1 active published awards)
    Coverage: 1 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot); 1 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 55):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Compass Contract Services Limited1 win£2,619,936No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 55 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 17:13 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 76 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    4reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 1,134 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~70 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 163 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 55)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    Sports and Leisure Management Ltd (SLM)CRN: 48549690
    		6 contracts£589,035,017-12% below budget
    Ministry of Justice
    		1 contract£564,290,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Compass Contract Services LimitedCRN: 2114954
    		53 contracts£397,984,366--38.1% below budget
    Kwik Let Properties
    		3 contracts£355,176,724At ceiling / not disclosed
    Sell It Rent It LtdCRN: 16203968
    		1 contract£355,176,724At ceiling / not disclosed
    PDS Property Management LtdCRN: 6994674
    		1 contract£355,176,724At ceiling / not disclosed
    SMG UK Limited, trading as ASM GlobalCRN: 844280722
    		2 contracts£275,500,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Aspens Services LtdCRN: 6561073
    		110 contracts£251,391,477--5.1% below budget
    CATER LINK LIMITEDCRN: 3732298
    		48 contracts£186,727,449-2.9% below budget
    live nation
    		1 contract£183,000,000--22% below budget
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodAward under frameworkLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regime{"lightTouch"}
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeDirect award / Single tenderGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published8 Sept 2026, 15:27 BSTLast source update8 Sept 2026, 15:27 BST
    Classification (CPV)Unspecified in notice
    Delivery areaLocation not published
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f4d6
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      8 Sept 2026, 15:27 BST
    2. Award active
      28 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £2,619,936

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (1)
    COMPASS CONTRACT SERVICES (U.K.) LIMITED
    £2,619,936 · 28 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · active · lots 1
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      8 Sept 2026, 15:27 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    2 participating organisations

    CHELMSFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

    Contracting authority
    Education
    GB-COH-07445392
    View buyer profile →
    Other participating organisations & roles (2)

    • Place Group Ltd
      procuringEntity

      Procurement Officer / Contact: Miranda Farland
      GB-COH: 04395705
      The Regent, Chapel Street, Penzance, UKK30, TR18 4AE, GB
      [email protected]
      +448452577050

    • COMPASS CONTRACT SERVICES (U.K.) LIMITED
      supplier

      GB-COH: 02114954
      Parklands Court, 24 Parklands, Rubery, Birmingham, UKG31, B45 9PZ, GB
      [email protected]
    Award and contract changes

    Official Documents & Specifications (1)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    Officially Related Procedures (1)
    Official OCDS Relations