Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract Award - Framework Agreement for the Management of the Catering Services at Mosaic Partnership Trust
Notice Description
The contract will be awarded for a three-year duration with the option of two additional, one year extensions. The financial structure of the contract is designed to reflect the Trusts' aims to reward the Contractor in a fair manner and based upon contract delivery and to have an open-book agreement that is easily auditable.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Initial 3 year contract, year 4 and 5 are optional extensions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a040
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000740-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55524000 - School catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 3 Apr 2026 - 3 Apr 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MOSAIC PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- admin@redboxcs.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS30 8AA
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- TLK11 Bristol, City of, TLK13 Gloucestershire CC
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Parkwall & Warmley
- Westminster Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000740-2026
6th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058936-2025
23rd September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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