Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Catering Services
Authority: The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland (the Authority) is seeking to award a Contract for the provision of Catering Services.
The services required under the contract include:
- Café services: Operation of a high-quality café offering a range of food, light snacks, confectionery, and hot/cold beverages with an emphasis on freshness, variety, and customer experience
- Hospitality Services (Meetings): Provision of flexible and professional catering for meetings, events and formal functions tailored to meet the needs of different occasions and audiences.
- Special Functions & Authority Events: Provision of hot and cold food and beverages for pre-planned events throughout the year.
- Operational Catering for Ad-hoc events & Incidents: Provide and deliver food and beverages for operational activities, these could include training events and operational incidents.
- Pre-Planned Events & Training: Preparation and delivery of high-quality packed meals to support operational activities.
The café service will be delivered primarily at two office buildings, Central Police Headquarters (CPCHQ) and Middlesbrough Central Police Station (M8). Additional sites may be identified throughout the duration of the contract. Note: these sites are not open to the public.
As part of the tender process, site visits will be undertaken on 8th January 2026. Full details of how to confirm attendance for the site visits can be found in the ITT.
CPV: Canteen and catering services · Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£0
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Simple description: Price, Quality and Social Value - full details contained in the ITT documents
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Feb 2026, 14:46 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
CPC-0002143- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-086575- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fe93Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All Tenders must be submitted through the InTend e-tendering portal, which can be accessed here: sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home ↗, for the avoidance of doubt, submissions made by any other method will not be accepted.
Timeline
31 Dec 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published300 days ago31 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMT
- Clarification questions by284 days ago16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline273 days ago27 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Latest notice published263 days ago6 Feb 2026, 14:46 GMT
- Award decision expected by251 days ago18 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Dec 2025- Tender notice published31 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published6 Feb 2026, 14:46 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete6 Feb 2026, 14:46 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 6 Feb 2026 | CancelledNo bids received |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender