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# Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: Outsourced Catering Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/royal-central-school-of-speech-and-drama-outsourced-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-042d8e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: "Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: Outsourced Catering Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £780,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Mar 2024, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: suppliers.multiquote.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Royal Central School of Speech and Drama](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-central-school-of-speech-and-drama-GB-FTS-102547)
- **Published Value:** £780,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 March 2024 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,296 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042d8e`

## 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/royal-central-school-of-speech-and-drama-outsourced-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-042d8e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [suppliers.multiquote.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsuppliers.multiquote.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/royal-central-school-of-speech-and-drama-outsourced-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-042d8e#participate

## Description
The University currently has 1,070 full time students with an average daily attendance of 900 onsite. 
The University is opened 3 x 10 Weeks (Oct – Dec, Jan – Mar, Apr – Jun) and 1 x 10 weeks additional for Postgraduate.

The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2027 with the option to extend for 2 x 1 year extension.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £780,000
- **Description:** The University currently has 1,070 full time students with an average daily attendance of 900 onsite. 
The University is opened 3 x 10 Weeks (Oct – Dec, Jan – Mar, Apr – Jun) and 1 x 10 weeks additional for Postgraduate.

The contract being tendered ...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: Outsourced Catering Services (active)
  - Award id: `015227-2024-CA13432-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Thomas & Tate Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-113505`
  - Value: £1,000,296 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: Outsourced Catering Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,296
  - Signed Date: 13/05/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015227-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-14T07:54:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:29:42.112Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042d8e