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Project Tide

Buyer: University of Kent →

BuyerUniversity of Kent
StatustenderUpdate
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published21 Aug 2024

What is being bought

Project Tide, is a key initiative under the Commercial Services and Estates contributions to the Kent 2030 strategy, that is designed to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the University’s operations. This project specifically targets the Catering Department by seeking a reputable third-party contract caterer to partner with. This strategic move will enable the University to focus on its core educational offerings while leveraging the expertise and capabilities of a specialised partner. As part of the Kent 2030 strategy, Commercial Services and Estates are dedicated to delivering an exceptional student experience and adding value on campus. The University is seeking an experienced contract catering provider who will allow the University to redirect resources towards key change requirements, implement its catering strategy, enhance customer experience through technological advancements and modernised offering.

Categories

Catering services 55520000

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 552,3914 median · 12.4 average (930 of 2,391 with a bid count)1.8 average (963 of 2,391 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot 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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-047e83
Latest release ID026581-2024
Latest release timestampWed Aug 21 2024 07:49:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusNot published
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
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 source0
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 Aug 2024tenderUpdate026581-2024
18 Jul 2024tender022324-2024

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)
21 Aug 2024 · 026581-2024 · tenderUpdate
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18 Jul 2024 · 022324-2024 · tender
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