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Published 17 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
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T26/27-013 DIIB Catering and Bar Operator

Official notice
Authority:Lisburn and Castlereagh City council(Local Council)
Multi-lot
services
Below threshold - open competition
Below threshold
{"concession"}
Sectors:
CPV 55
Published estimate
£300,000
≈ £100,000 / year · 1 value update in timeline
Submission deadline
9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
21d 18h leftTypical competition: ~2.5 bidsThis authority · all categories · 24 months · n=22 bid reports
Clarification Cut-Off
2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 2 lots
Contract duration
3 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 2 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Lisburn and Castlereagh City council: "T26/27-013 DIIB Catering and Bar Operator". Published status: active. Published value: £300,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

Official Requirement Description:

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council’s seeks to appoint an operator or operators to service the Council’s catering and bar service needs at the new Ice Bowl in Dundonald. This Request for Proposals invites those interested commercial operators to submit Proposals in respect of the Opportunity. This contract will be awarded in two lots. Lot 1 Catering and Bar Services and Lot 2 Coffee Outlet Services

Lots and requirements (2)

Procurement Structure
1 page · 5 per page
  • Lot #1
    Catering and Bar Services
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£300,000
    Catering and Bar Services at the new Ice Bowl in Dundonald
    Contract period:
    2 Nov 2026 — 31 Oct 2029 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    Not published
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£200,000/yr
    Options / extension:
    3+2+2+1+1+1
  • Lot #2
    Coffee Outlet Services
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£120,000
    Coffee Outlet Services at the new Ice Bowl in Dundonald
    Contract period:
    2 Nov 2026 — 31 Oct 2029 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    Not published
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£80,000/yr
    Options / extension:
    3+2+2+1+1+1

Published award criteria & contract terms

From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 40
Price: 160
Same published split on all 2 lots.Published as relative weights, not percentage points.
Published sub-criteria
  • Quality — 20
  • Quality — 20
  • Price — 80
  • Price — 80
Published terms
Contract duration3 yrs (with extension options)

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Lisburn and Castlereagh City council buys Catering services (CPV 5552) — and who usually turns up

Lisburn and Castlereagh City council’s own published record, next to the Northern Ireland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids.

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Lisburn and Castlereagh City council

contract notices in 36 months: 8 in CPV 5552 (3 direct) · 9 in division 55 (3 direct) · 89 in all categories (14 direct)

Bids per lot3division 55 · 36m · n=3 lots
Single-bid lots33%division 55 · 36m · n=3 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=16 pairs
Deadline → award46dall categories · 36m · n=16 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=93 notices
Awarded without competition38%CPV 5552 · 36m · n=8 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots moderate · n=3
  • 1 bid 33%
  • 2–3 67%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 3 · 3 lots on 2 contested notices · division 55.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=16
  • Below estimate 19%
  • Within ±2% 69%
  • Above estimate 13%

16 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

Northern Ireland · Catering services (CPV 5552)

contract notices delivered in Northern Ireland in 36 months: 24 in CPV 5552 (20 contested) · 32 in division 55 (28 contested)

Bids per lot3CPV 5552 · 36m · n=10 lots
Single-bid lots20%CPV 5552 · 36m · n=10 lots
Award vs estimate25% aboveCPV 5552 · 36m · n=4 pairs
Deadline → award83dCPV 5552 · 36m · n=5 notices
SME bidders23%CPV 5552 · 36m · n=5 lots
Winners based in the region100%CPV 5552 · 36m · n=9 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=10
  • 1 bid 20%
  • 2–3 60%
  • 4–6 20%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 3 · 10 lots on 9 contested notices · CPV 5552.

Winning award vs estimate moderate · n=4
  • Below estimate 25%
  • Within ±2% 25%
  • Above estimate 50%

4 lot pairs · CPV 5552.

robust · n=16 Awards in Lisburn and Castlereagh City council (all categories, n=16 pairs) land a median at estimate. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£300,000) is an envelope for 2 lots and is not converted.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure methodBelow threshold - open competitionLegal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54
Procurement Act 2023
Procurement categoryservices
Notice statusOpen for tenderProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regime{"concession"}
Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published17 Sept 2026, 16:02 BSTLast source update17 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
Estimated future notice30 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTClassification (CPV)Beverage-serving services, Catering services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0E)
Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b1a1

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Submit via eTendersNI
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Supplier login required
Online submission allowed
Open official portal workspace ↗
Access & Registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesEnglish (en)
Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
From official release
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    10 Jun 2026, 11:38 BST
  2. Procedure published
    17 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
  3. engagement
    met
    Questionnaire issued on Etenders https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6283916
  4. Clarification deadline
    2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Awards (0)No award published
Contracts (0)No contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
6 lines · 6 source events
  1. tender value changed
    17 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    17 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
  3. procurement method changed
    17 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
    17 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    17 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    10 Jun 2026, 11:38 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lisburn and Castlereagh City council

Contracting authority
Local Council
GB-PPON-PHHT-5875-NTNM
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Official Documents & Specifications (2)

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