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Preliminary Market Engagement Outsourced Catering Services 5

Buyer: CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED →

BuyerCRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published10 Sept 2025

What is being bought

This preliminary market engagement process precedes the retender of the CPC Outsourced Catering Services Framework which went live in 2022. The framework resulting from this exercise will be the fifth iteration of this highly successful framework available to the UK Education Sector (which is also available to the Wider Public Sector). This process will allow CPC to consider the changes enacted under the Procurement Act 2023 and how we may use that legislation to design a route to market which is modern and market relevant. Registered: Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA16399. Not registered: Visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com then register and quote CA16399 as the reason for registration. Any queries please contact MultiQuote at support@elcom.com

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Catering services 55520000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 26 Jul 2026 to 25 Sept 2029

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Catering servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 55. The category anchor is Catering services (55520000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 551,5754 median · 12.4 average (600 of 1,575 with a bid count)1.8 average (615 of 1,575 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1814 median · 16 average (67 of 181 with a bid count)4.1 average (71 of 181 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
This preliminary market engagement process precedes the retender of the CPC Outsourced Catering Services Framework which went live in 2022. The framework resulting from this exercise will be the fifth iteration of this highly successful framework available to the UK Education Sector (which is also available to the Wider Public Sector). This process will allow CPC to consider the changes enacted under the Procurement Act 2023 and how we may use that legislation to design a route to market which is modern and market relevant. Registered: Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA16399. Not registered: Visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com then register and quote CA16399 as the reason for registration. Any queries please contact MultiQuote at support@elcom.comengagement31 Oct 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-052917
Latest release ID055392-2025
Latest release timestampWed Sep 10 2025 12:23:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Sept 2025planning055392-2025
29 May 2025planning028563-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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29 May 2025 · 028563-2025 · planning
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