Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Catering Facilities at City of Portsmouth College
Notice Description
To provide catering and staffing services to the City of Portsmouth College. Delivered on a nil cost basis.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Direct framework award under PRC2015 regime for Catering service and Supplies. Direct award based on Framework criteria continuity of services and nil return EOI, highest scoring framework supplier.
Procurement Information
"DIRECT AWARD Placing an order with any capable supplier awarded on the framework, without re-opening competition, following the criteria set out below. Regulation 33(8)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) sets out the criteria for making a direct award where a framework is concluded with more than one supplier: * All the terms governing the provision of the works, services and supplies concerned are set out in the framework, and * The objective conditions for determining which of the suppliers on the framework shall perform them are set out in the procurement documents. In accordance with the above regulation, direct award orders may be placed under this framework provided the customer can meet any one of the following objective conditions: 1. Customer is satisfied that, following their own due diligence, they can identify the supplier that offers best value for their requirement 2.The supplier is able to supply the required goods/services within the customers timescales 3. The Supplier achieved the highest total score during the evaluation process 4. Goods/services required are unique/exclusive to one supplier 5. Continuity of existing goods/services from an awarded supplier"
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0567ef
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043805-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- 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
- £3,260,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Jul 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Jun 20257 months 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
- CITY OF PORTSMOUTH COLLEGE
- Contact Name
- Julia Challacombe
- Contact Email
- julia.challacombe@copc.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2392328904
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PORTSMOUTH
- Postcode
- PO3 6PZ
- Post Town
- Portsmouth
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ31 Portsmouth
- Delivery Location
- TLJ31 Portsmouth
-
- Local Authority
- Portsmouth
- Electoral Ward
- Baffins
- Westminster Constituency
- Portsmouth North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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