Notice Information
Notice Title
Culture, Sport & Tourism Catering Contract
Notice Description
Interim 2-year catering contract with Baxter Storey to ensure continuity and to maintain services within Culture, Sport & Tourism operated venues, which gives the Council more time to develop its wider corporate approach and deliver its Strategic Catering Review. Please note this contract will be re-procured competitively (by Open Competitive Flexible Tender) in 2026.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Interim 2-year catering contract with Baxter Storey to ensure continuity and to maintain services within Culture, Sport & Tourism operated venues, which gives the Council more time to develop its wider corporate approach and deliver its Strategic Catering Review. Please note this contract will be re-procured competitively (by Open Competitive Flexible Tender) in 2026.
Procurement Information
Following a delay in the review of the corporate catering position and the need in Culture and Sport to have a suitable catering offer to the Public, it has been agreed at REGMT to proceed with a two year contract with Baxter Storey to allow Culture and Sport colleagues to appropriately address the catering position within the Service and to prepare and execute an appropriate full procurement process for a long term arrangement. This interim-solution affords the Council time to establish the appropriate strategy whilst ensuring an offer to the Customer which is complaint with all necessary food legislation protocols but also enhances the facilities on offer to the Public. The allowing of this process is also on the basis of the commitment of the service to deliver a market procurement to implement a new contractual arrangement in 2027, which will be procured by Open Competitive Flexible process in 2026.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e34d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005601-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55520000 - Catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- zoe.embleton@durham.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DURHAM
- Postcode
- DH1 5UQ
- Post Town
- Durham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC41 Durham
- Delivery Location
- TLC14 Durham
-
- Local Authority
- County Durham
- Electoral Ward
- Neville's Cross
- Westminster Constituency
- City of Durham
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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