Notice Information
Notice Title
Packed Lunches
Notice Description
Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is an Emergency Service that covers Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. Our Headquarters is currently situated in the Police & Fire Headquarters, Portishead. AF&RS have a total of 21 Fire Stations of which 7 are Wholetime stations, 3 are Whole-time and On-Call; and the remaining 11 are On-Call stations. AF&RS are looking to procure a provision for packed lunches and buffet lunches that delivers to all AF&RS' sites and some external training sites (mostly within the Avon area) on both weekdays and weekends. AF&RS current estimated annual requirement is 5500 standard lunches, which required approximately 400 deliveries across the AF&RS estate per annum.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050ee5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053055-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- 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
- £180,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £180,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £160,600 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £160,600 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- AVON FIRE AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Harrison Rex
- Contact Email
- supplies@avonfire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 07484083748
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PORTISHEAD
- Postcode
- BS20 8JJ
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK61 North Somerset
- Delivery Location
- TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
-
- Local Authority
- North Somerset
- Electoral Ward
- Portishead West
- Westminster Constituency
- North Somerset
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053055-2025
2nd September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038539-2025
9th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019762-2025
8th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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