Official UK procurement notice
SC230088 - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children – Catering Service
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionKent County Council (KCC) utilised the light touch regime to carry out a mini competition to procure a catering supplier to provide meals for a number of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) centres across Kent.
The contract has been awarded to Genuine Dinning Company Ltd to provide the catering service for the UASC Centres across Kent.
Ref: SC230088
Title: Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children – Catering Service.
CPV: Canteen and catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Submission (Price Per Quality Point): 100
- price: 100
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Submission (Price Per Quality Point): 100
- Price: 100
- Price carries 200 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 20 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Oct 2024, 08:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Feb 2025, 15:26 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Nov 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN748848- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005913- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b1b1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
18 Nov 2024 → 19 Feb 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline18 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened18 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts2 Jan 2025
- Notice published19 Feb 2025, 15:26 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete19 Feb 2025, 15:26 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine Dinning Company Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
SC230088 - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children – Catering Service · Genuine Dinning Company Ltd
- Signed
- 21 Jan 2025
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 2 Jan 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent County Council (KCC) utilised the light touch regime to carry out a mini… | 3bids · 3 electronic | 2 | — | £1 – £11,800,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1 – £11,800,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Genuine Dinning Company LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.