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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-050ee5"
title: "Packed Lunches"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/packed-lunches-ocds-h6vhtk-050ee5"
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# Packed Lunches

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/packed-lunches-ocds-h6vhtk-050ee5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Avon Fire Authority: "Packed Lunches". Published status: complete. Published Value: £180,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: sell2.in-tend.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Avon Fire Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/avon-fire-authority-GB-PPON-PYYL-6479-DWHX)
- **Published Value:** £180,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 June 2025 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK1
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £160,600 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/packed-lunches-ocds-h6vhtk-050ee5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050ee5`

## 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/packed-lunches-ocds-h6vhtk-050ee5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sell2.in-tend.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsell2.in-tend.co.uk%2Fblpd%2Fhome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/packed-lunches-ocds-h6vhtk-050ee5#participate

## Description
Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is an Emergency Service that covers Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.  Our Headquarters is currently situated in the Police & Fire Headquarters, Portishead. AF&RS have a total of 21 Fire Stations of which 7 are Wholetime stations, 3 are Whole-time and On-Call; and the remaining 11 are On-Call stations. 
AF&RS are looking to procure a provision for packed lunches and buffet lunches that delivers to all AF&RS’ sites and some external training sites (mostly within the Avon area) on both weekdays and weekends.
AF&RS current estimated annual requirement is 5500 standard lunches, which required approximately 400 deliveries across the AF&RS estate per annum.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £180,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2025 to 31/07/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Packed Lunches 2025-2027 (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Wards catering Ltd TA wards event catering **
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PDQG-8973-VXVV`
  - Value: £160,600
  - Date: 09/07/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Packed Lunches 2025-2027 (active)
  - Signed Value: £160,600
  - Signed Date: 23/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019762-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-02T09:46:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T09:59:12.434Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050ee5