Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Catering and Associated Services to Scottish Court and Tribunals Service (SCTS)
Authority: Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is undertaking early market engagement to inform the development of its future catering services requirements across the SCTS estate. The requirement may include a range of catering services, including jury meals, hospitality, retail catering, vending and alternative catering provision at lower-volume locations. SCTS is using this Prior Information Notice (PIN) to engage with suitably experienced organisations and better understand market capability, capacity and interest, together with the operational and commercial feasibility of different approaches to delivering the future service.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is undertaking early market engagement to inform the development of its future catering services requirements across the SCTS estate. The requirement may include a range of catering services, including jury meals, hospitality, retail catering, vending and alternative catering provision at lower-volume locations.
Through this Prior Information Notice (PIN), SCTS is seeking market feedback on supplier capability and interest, potential service and commercial delivery models, operational and commercial viability, information requirements, innovation and potential barriers to participation. Feedback received will help inform the development of SCTS's procurement strategy and any future procurement exercise.
This PIN is for market engagement purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition or commit SCTS to any particular procurement route, scope, contract structure, lotting approach, commercial model or timetable.
CPV: Canteen and other restricted-clientele cafeteria services · Canteen management services · Catering services · Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions · Meal delivery service
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is undertaking a preliminary market…Planned
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise to inform the development of its future catering services requirements across the SCTS estate.
The potential requirement encompasses a range of catering and associated services across a geographically dispersed and operationally diverse estate. Services may include jury meal provision, staffed retail catering, hospitality services, vending, delivered-in catering and other appropriate catering solutions, reflecting differing levels of demand, facilities and operational requirements across individual locations.
SCTS is using this Prior Information Notice (PIN) to engage with suitably experienced organisations and better understand market capability, capacity and interest, together with the operational and commercial feasibility of different approaches to delivering the future service.
An accompanying Market Information Pack and supplier questionnaire have been prepared to support this engagement. The information provided is intended to give potential suppliers an understanding of the current operating environment and to support informed market feedback.
Feedback received through this exercise will be used to inform the development of SCTS's procurement strategy, future service requirements, commercial approach and procurement documentation.
This PIN is for preliminary market engagement purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition or an invitation to tender. SCTS has not committed to any particular procurement route, scope, contract structure, lotting approach, commercial model or timetable.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service buys Catering services (CPV 5552), and who usually turns up
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Catering services (CPV 5552) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 72 days of the bid deadline.
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The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid13%
2–331%
4–650%
7+5%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate17%
Within ±2%44%
Above estimate39%
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is undertaking a preliminary market…CPV 5552Estimate not published
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 13 past lots.
1 bid0%
2–385%
4–615%
7+0%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Coming up in this sector
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Nov 2026, 14:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Nov 2026, 14:49 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107618- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bab9Find a Tender
Publisher note: Interested parties are asked to complete the survey found in the below link below. Please note this survey will close 26 November 2026. https://www.cognitoforms.com/ScotlandExcel1/ProvisionOfCateringAndAssociatedServicesToScottishCourtAndTribunalsServiceSCTS An accompanying Market Information Pack has been prepared to support this engagement. The information provided is intended to give potential suppliers an understanding of the current operating environment and to support informed market feedback. SCTS may then invite a representative group from those interested parties to conduct Teams meetings in regards to the tender development. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=847823. (SC Ref:847823)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Nov 2026 → 3 May 2027 · 2 dates- Notice published2 days ago12 Nov 2026, 14:49 GMT
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 169 days3 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.