Notice Information
Notice Title
Extra Care Catering
Notice Description
Cheshire East Council has awarded contracts to a provider to supply on-site restaurant and catering services at Oakmere and Willowmere Extra Care House Schemes in Middlewich and Handforth. The Council was seeking an onsite provider to deliver restaurant and catering services within both schemes and to the local community. This provider is expected to work in partnership with the other organisations on site to provide a restaurant and catering service which contributes to the high-quality holistic approach to support services to all residents within the scheme.
Lot Information
Oakmere Extra Care Housing Scheme
Options: 2 x 12-month options to extend
Renewal: 2 x 12-month options to extend
Willowmere Extra Care Housing SchemeOptions: 2 x 12-month options to extend
Renewal: 2 x 12-month options to extend
Planning Information
Cheshire East Council is considering sourcing one or more providers to supply on-site catering services in our Extra Care Housing schemes based in Middlewich and Handforth To provide further detail of the potential opportunity and to raise awareness of how to bid for contracts with Cheshire East Council, we are holding 2 online sessions The online sessions are being held on:- • Thursday 25 September 6pm-7pm • Friday 26 September 2pm-3pm If you would like to find out more and register for either of the sessions, please email ECH@cheshireeast.gov.uk stating your preferred option and a link to the online teams meeting will be sent to you.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052b17
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035615-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55520000 - Catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £130,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £130,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £65,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Apr 20264 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 24 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 31 Mar 20263 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 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
- CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CREWE
- Postcode
- CW1 2JZ
- Post Town
- Crewe
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD62 Cheshire East
- Delivery Location
- TLD6 Cheshire, TLD62 Cheshire East
-
- Local Authority
- Cheshire East
- Electoral Ward
- Crewe Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035615-2026
20th April 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064801-2025
13th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057419-2025
17th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029327-2025
2nd June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
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https://www.the-chest.org.uk
You can access the tender documents and provide your responses using the Chest - https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ Chest Ref: DN776889 https://procontract.due-north.com/RFx/RFxSummary?rfxId=3d7b4b80-fc9d-f011-813a-005056b64545&projectId=1d005498-cc3f-f011-8136-005056b64545
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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