Official UK procurement notice
TfL Head Office Catering 2025-26
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis requirement is for the provision of catering, hub and hospitality services across TfL's four Head Office locations. Palestra, Pier Walk, Endeavour Square, and Ashfield House.
This requirement is intended to ensure uninterrupted catering services for a period of nine months while TfL undertakes a comprehensive procurement exercise to establish a future consolidated catering contract. The interim arrangement will maintain service continuity and mitigate any operational risks during the transition to the new contract
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Oct 2025, 14:32 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2026, 10:05 BST
- Authority reference
WS2679301535- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083319- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05acd9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
This direct award to the existing supplier is essential to ensure continuity of service while TfL conducts a compliant procurement process for a future consolidated catering contract. Additional time was required to develop a robust specification for an integrated catering solution that streamlines service delivery and delivers efficiencies, which necessitated this interim direct award.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Nov 2025 → 3 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends330 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published52 days ago3 Sept 2026, 10:05 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published10 Oct 2025, 14:32 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published19 Nov 2025, 09:11 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Dec 2025, 16:11 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published3 Sept 2026, 10:05 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 10 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAYSONS HOSPITALITY LIMITED9 Dec 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 | £1,551,420 | 13 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
TfL Head Office Catering 2025-26 · GRAYSONS HOSPITALITY LIMITED
- Signed
- 4 Dec 2025
- Value
- £1,551,420
- Period
- 9 Dec 2025 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £1,551,420
- Termination
- contractCompleted
3 agreed KPIs: Customer Satisfaction · Planned Service Delivery · Contract Innovation and Efficiency
- Customer Satisfaction, To ensure a high level of customer service from the supplier. The assessment will be made against customer service Feedback Measures criteria set out in contract.
- Planned Service Delivery, To ensure that activities are carried out in accordance with the specification and to a high level.
- Contract Innovation and Efficiency, To provide on-going innovation and efficiencies throughout the duration of the Contract.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GRAYSONS HOSPITALITY LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender