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title: "RES/TWS -Tender for the provision for School Catering"
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# RES/TWS -Tender for the provision for School Catering

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/res-tws-tender-for-the-provision-for-school-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-032b0f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bristol City Council: "RES/TWS -Tender for the provision for School Catering". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £16,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 May 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bristol City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bristol-city-council-ons-e06000023)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £16,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 May 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032b0f`

## 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/res-tws-tender-for-the-provision-for-school-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-032b0f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Df2c7836c-7aaf-ec11-8113-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/res-tws-tender-for-the-provision-for-school-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-032b0f#participate

## Description
The Council on behalf of the schools wish to appoint a single provider under framework agreement, for the provision of School Catering to schools under individual call-off contracts.
This is being procured under the ‘Open Process’ route and bids will be evaluated as being the most economically advantageous option to the schools.
The contract period will be for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 1 year,
(3+1 year) by agreement with the council, schools, and the provider
The Framework will be available to the following organisations:
• Bristol City Council (BCC) Maintained Schools, Nursery Schools, Academy Schools,
and other educational establishments. Please see Section 10 - ‘school profiles’ for
listing and details of schools and nurseries.
• Academy Schools, who are in a group, included in the above-named Authorities, but
also in other Authorities where the Academy Group operates.
• The Local Authorities in the Southwest Region of England as follows:
• Bath and North East Somerset,
• Bournemouth,
• Christchurch and Poole,
• Bristol,
• Cornwall,
• Devon,
• Dorset,
• Gloucestershire,
• Isles of Scilly,
• North Somerset,
• Plymouth,
• Somerset,
• South Gloucestershire,
• Swindon,
• Torbay
• Wiltshire.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Council on behalf of the schools wish to appoint a single provider under framework agreement, for the provision of School Catering to schools under individual call-off contracts.
This is being procured under the ‘Open Process’ route and bids will...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 029572-2022-DN585005-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Compass Contract Services UK Ltd Trading as Chartwells**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175438`
  - Value: £16,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 029572-2022-DN585005-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £16,000,000
  - Signed Date: 24/07/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029572-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-10-20T11:11:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T01:56:24.991Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032b0f