704_26 Outsourced Catering Services and Procurement Support

The procurement has been undertaken as per UK4 Tender notice identifier: 2026/S 000-038007 (000-038007); Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-051159. ESPO is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation offering a comprehensive range of procurement services, including access to over 100 free-to-access framework solutions for the wider public sector. This procurement establishes a framework to assist customers in education, social care and all other public sectors with outsourcing their catering services, including providing access to procurement consultants who can assist customers with this (in outsourcing their catering services). The Framework is divided into 4 lots.