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Operational catering

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published2
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex: "Operational catering". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Police & Crime Commissioner for SussexScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1.5Bids / Report
50% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Niche Technology UK LimitedTop vendor: 99.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 51 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). 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. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Niche Technology UK Limited1 win£519,375,146
Softcat PLC1 win£908,088
UNITE LIFT SERVICES LIMITED2 wins£303,045
SOLARWINDS SOFTWARE UK LIMITED1 win£110,789
Red Helix Limited1 win£72,182
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published15 Jul 2026, 08:40 BST
Last source update15 Jul 2026, 08:40 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-055e61
What is being bought
This contract is for operational catering requirements where there are planned or unplanned large policing operations taking place. The scale of the contract has been estimated based on previous spend and operations. This will be a demand led contract. The succesful supplier already provides onsite catering at the Forces HQ and through this we should see the ability to opportunities for innovation and cost reduction.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    15 Jul 2026, 08:40 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    3 Mar 2026, 17:30 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    12 Feb 2026, 15:20 GMT
  4. tender value changed
    12 Feb 2026, 14:35 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    12 Feb 2026, 14:35 GMT
  6. Official notice release published
    12 Feb 2026, 14:35 GMT
  7. Published value updated to £825,000
    29 Sept 2025, 14:58 BST
  8. Status changed to active
    29 Sept 2025, 14:58 BST
  9. Official notice release published
    29 Sept 2025, 14:58 BST
  10. Official notice release published
    14 Jul 2025, 12:08 BST
  11. Status changed to planned
    14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  12. Official notice release published
    14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  13. Buyer information updated
    14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Lots and requirements (2)
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 periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 Jul 2026, 08:40 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · £237,600
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Compass Contract Services (UK) Ltd, trading as Chartwells
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Operational Catering
£237,600 · signed 15 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 15 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PPLN-2959-YWYQ
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

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