Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of a Diverse and Sustainable Catering Service
Authority: City of Glasgow College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCity of Glasgow College is seeking an experienced and sustainability-focused catering provider to operate and develop food and beverage services for students, staff and visitors across its two campuses:
City Campus, 190 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G4 0RF
Riverside Campus, 21 Thistle Street, Glasgow, G5 9XB
- Recurrence: 6 Years
CPV: Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1City of Glasgow College seeks to appoint a forward-thinking, innovative and…CancelledRenewalPublished value£9,000,000
City of Glasgow College seeks to appoint a forward-thinking, innovative and sector-leading Catering Provider to deliver a diverse, sustainable and inclusive catering service across both Campuses. The successful Contractor will provide catering for students, staff and visitors throughout the academic year, operating a multi-outlet service that is responsive to varying demand across campuses.
The Catering Service must be affordable, high quality and customer-focused, with standards that reflect best practice in ingredient quality, food safety, presentation, nutrition and customer service. The service is expected to deliver an attractive and modern catering offer aligned to student expectations and contemporary market trends.
Sustainability is a core theme of the contract. The Provider must embed sustainability throughout all aspects of service delivery, including food provenance, ethical and fair trade sourcing, animal welfare, sustainable fisheries, plant-forward menu development, biodiversity, energy usage, carbon management, reduction of single use plastics, and minimisation of food waste. The Provider will be expected to support the College’s wider sustainability and climate objectives and demonstrate continuous improvement over the life of the contract.
The contract places strong emphasis on generating meaningful social value and supporting the student experience. The Provider will be required to deliver added-value initiatives including modern apprenticeships, work placements, volunteering, employability activity, and collaboration with the Hospitality and Culinary Arts curriculum. Engagement with learners, including student led initiatives and menu development, will form a key element of contract performance.
The College intends to establish a collaborative partnership approach with the successful Provider, based on shared objectives, transparency and joint responsibility for improvement. The Provider will be responsible for the safe collection of waste oil, and will be required to adopt innovative waste and recycling practices to support carbon reduction objectives. General waste and mixed recycling services will be provided by the College.
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 (20)
- Implementation & Mobilisation: 3%
- Workforce Management (TUPE, Recruitment, Fair Work, EDI, Modern Slavery): 3%
- Training, Competence & Development: 3%
- Contract Management & Governance: 5%
- KPI Management & Performance Monitoring: 2.5%
- Quality Assurance & Audit: 2%
- Operational Delivery - Vision & Approach: 5%
- Food Concepts & Menus: 5%
- Hospitality & Events (incl. Summer Schools): 2%
- Marketing & Promotion: 2.5%
- Technology & Innovation: 2%
- Continuous Improvement & Service Excellence: 3%
- Business Continuity & Contingency Planning: 2.5%
- Customer Experience & Engagement: 2%
- Health, Nutrition & Wellbeing: 2%
- Community Benefits & Added Value: 3%
- Presentation: 4.5%
- price: 40%
- Sustainability & Net Zero Delivery: 5%
- Carbon Reduction & Reporting: 3%
Published award criteria (20)
- Implementation & Mobilisation: 3%
- Workforce Management (TUPE, Recruitment, Fair Work, EDI, Modern Slavery): 3%
- Training, Competence & Development: 3%
- Contract Management & Governance: 5%
- KPI Management & Performance Monitoring: 2.5%
- Quality Assurance & Audit: 2%
- Operational Delivery - Vision & Approach: 5%
- Food Concepts & Menus: 5%
- Hospitality & Events (incl. Summer Schools): 2%
- Marketing & Promotion: 2.5%
- Technology & Innovation: 2%
- Continuous Improvement & Service Excellence: 3%
- Business Continuity & Contingency Planning: 2.5%
- Customer Experience & Engagement: 2%
- Health, Nutrition & Wellbeing: 2%
- Sustainability & Net Zero Delivery: 5%
- Carbon Reduction & Reporting: 3%
- Community Benefits & Added Value: 3%
- Presentation: 4.5%
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to Part 4 B Economic and Financial Standing of the ESPD
The College will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidders financial status.
Bidders must confirm within their response to the relevant question within the 'Qualification Envelope' that as a minimum, 2 out of the 3 ratios can be met and what the value of each ratio is.
The three ratios to be evaluated are:
Profitability - this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for this ratio.
Liquidity - this is calculated as current assets less stock and work in progress, divided by current liabilities. If the answer is greater than or equal to 'one' then it is a pass for this ratio.
Gearing - this is calculated as the total external secured borrowing (short term and long term) divided by shareholder funds expressed as a percentage. If the answer is less than or equal to 100% it is considered a pass for this ratio.
Where 2 out of 3 ratios cannot be met, the College may take the undernoted into consideration when assessing financial viability and the risk to the College, providing the bidder can supply evidence to substantiate any of the mitigating criteria. This list is not exhaustive and other criteria may be considered where proposed by a bidder as mitigating factors.
Would the bidder have passed the checks if prior year accounts had been used?
Were any of the poor appraisal outcomes 'marginal'?
Does the bidder operate in a mark…
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:
PVG Membership
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and if so, for what proportion of the contract.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 6 Years
- First published
- 16 Dec 2025, 10:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2025, 11:53 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Feb 2026 – …
- Authority reference
CS/CoGC/25/29- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083286- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f64eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Please refer to Schedule D - Contract Management and Administration of the Tender Document for Information on Contract Performance Conditions
Publisher note: Bidders may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Declarations and Certificates: In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder must provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaire to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Questionnaire. All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found with the Attachment area of PCS-T. Appendix A - Form of Tender Appendix B - Freedom of Information Appendix C - Supply Chain Code of Conduct Appendix E - PECOS Supplier Adoption Form Appendix J - PVG Act Declaration In the case of an open tender this information will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the College following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Questionnaires and prior to the award of the tender. Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the Qualification Questionnaire, will invalidate any bid. In this scenario the College will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on, and upon verification will award the contract to this bidder instead. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30797 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: Community Benefits will be fulfilled and managed at Contractor level Community benefits are included in this requirement. A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The College is very keen to develop a true partnership with the Service Provider and as a minimum requires the Service Provide to delivery 8 Modern Apprenticeships and 50 Work Experience Placements for their students and/or members of the local community, particularly those studying a hospitality course, during the course of the contract. (SC Ref:818669)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
16 Dec 2025 → 1 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published310 days ago16 Dec 2025, 11:53 GMT
- Submission deadline253 days ago11 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened253 days ago11 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts83 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled16 Dec 2025, 11:53 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sherriff and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.