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Brockenhurst College ~ Catering Tender

Brockenhurst College

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

16 Jul 2026 at 14:42

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

19 Feb 2026 at 12:11

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Brockenhurst College procured school catering and hospitality services for The Hard Brock Restaurant and The Hard Brock Coffee, both at Brockenhurst College on Lyndhurst Road in Brockenhurst, Hampshire. The appointed provider is expected to operate food and beverage services across both locations for students, staff, visitors and the college’s senior team. The scope includes improving food and coffee offers, maintaining consistent food-service standards, engaging customers through digital platforms and social media, aligning the offer with customer profiles, and supporting hospitality requirements. The service is intended to respond to increasing student numbers and changing expectations, with innovation, investment and environmentally responsible delivery forming part of the requirement. The college currently operates the catering service itself and has limited local competition.

The procurement is complete and was run as an above-threshold, open competitive flexible procedure. One lot was evaluated on quality at 70% and price at 30%; the lot was suitable for SMEs. Two bids reached the final stage. Aramark Ltd was selected on 24 June 2026 for £2,280,000 gross. The award standstill ends on 27 July 2026, with signature scheduled for 28 July 2026. The contract period is 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2029, with an option for one further three-year renewal to a maximum extent of 31 July 2032. The award covers the full catering requirement at both college locations. The procedure required electronic submission in English, with enquiries closing on 16 March 2026 and bids closing on 22 May 2026.

This award demonstrates demand for outsourced college catering covering restaurant, coffee-shop, food-and-beverage and hospitality operations at a substantial tertiary education site. A credible future competitor would need to manage a complete service across two locations, serve students, staff and visitors reliably, and improve both the food offer and customer experience. Relevant strengths include digital customer engagement, social-media marketing, customer profiling, menu and offer development, operational innovation, and the ability to invest in service improvements. Suppliers should also be able to evidence meaningful progress towards carbon neutrality, deliver measurable environmental and social value, report performance through management reviews, and maintain a fully staffed operation through progressive employment terms and low staff turnover. The award’s SME suitability indicates that smaller capable operators may be able to compete, directly or through suitable delivery capacity.

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Notice Title

Brockenhurst College ~ Catering Tender

Notice Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering and hospitality services for Brockenhurst College. The site listed below is included in the tender, and we are seeking tender submissions for the whole contract. Brockenhurst College has an excellent reputation built upon its results and student performance ranked one of the best. The successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at site from the contract commencement. 1 - Brockenhurst College is a large Tertiary College ranked 8th nationally and 1st locally. The process is to be inclusive of the requirements for the following location: *The Hard Brock Restaurant & The Hard Brock Coffee are both based at the College, Brockenhurst College, Lyndhurst Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7ZE The contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1st August 2026 until 31st August 2029, with the option to extend for further terms of 3 years on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be guaranteed performance in nature. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose Initiatives and innovations will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services across the two locations within the College. The high-quality service levels proposed, should significantly improve the current standards throughout, resulting in a new food service and coffee offer with consistent high standards of food operations across the locations. Regular customer engagement (using digital platforms and social media) will be required to ensure the service sees significant improvement through marketing, offer alignment against customer profiling and a full understanding of the demographics. The college has been operating its own catering and now recognise that to keep up with the growing student numbers and excellent college reputation the food and beverage service alongside a hospitality requirement now needs to match the new expectations locally. The college is seeing an average of 2,700 students on site each day with very minimal competition locally. It is anticipated that this will increase by an additional 200 students in 2026/27 increasing year on year. These new standards of operation should meet the needs of students, staff, visitors and the new senior team moving forward into this contract term. The contract will operate on a guaranteed basis (return or subsidy) The approximate current revenue (sales) within the contract annually is in the region of PS380,000 across both locations with major opportunities to significantly increase sales with future investment provided by either the successful bidder or client. The successful contractor will be expected to put forward both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery and within the successful contractor's organisation, while working to deliver best environmental practices for Brockenhurst College. Your approach to sustainability should mirror that of the college's. The successful contractor should be able to evidence significant steps towards carbon neutrality as well as demonstrable plans to achieve their targets throughout the contractual term. It will be expected that sustainability as well as social value be reported through the management review meetings. The terms and conditions of employment and recognition offered to the catering operatives should be both progressive and forward thinking ensuring that the staffing establishment is always complete, and staff turnover is kept to a minimum. Please see PSQ Document for more information.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: +3 Please see PSQ document for more information.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06580a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067325-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

CPV Codes

55524000 - School catering services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,280,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,280,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£2,280,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
22 May 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
24 Jun 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 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
Brockenhurst College
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HAMPSHIRE
Postcode
SO42 7ZE
Postcode Area
Southampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ36 Central Hampshire
Delivery Location
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Local Authority
New Forest
Electoral Ward
Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge
Westminster Constituency
New Forest East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Aramark Ltd

Further Information

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