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STA-26043 Summer Catering Staff

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

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16 Jul 2026 at 15:50

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College procured temporary personnel supply services for summer catering staff. The requirement covers supplying catering personnel rather than catering food, equipment or a full catering operation. The buying organisation is the university college at Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey. The awarded service is classified as the supply of personnel, including temporary staff. Delivery is in the United Kingdom. This is relevant to recruitment agencies, temporary staffing businesses and personnel suppliers able to provide catering staff for a university environment. The named buyer is Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, whose operational address is on Egham Hill in Egham.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. Royal Holloway and Bedford New College made a direct award without competition under a below-threshold procedure. One lot was awarded to Scattergoods Agency Limited. The award is active and the contract was signed on 25 June 2026, with a contract period from 25 June 2026 to 24 June 2027. The contract value is £30,000 excluding VAT and £36,000 including VAT. The award description identifies the requirement as summer catering staff. No separate evaluation weighting or award criteria are stated. This outcome shows a completed, single-supplier purchase made directly rather than through a competitive tender.

This procurement is commercially relevant to staffing agencies that can source and supply temporary catering personnel to Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. The selected supplier, Scattergoods Agency Limited, is an SME, indicating that the requirement was fulfilled by a specialist smaller business rather than necessarily a large national contractor. A credible future supplier would need a dependable pool of catering workers, the ability to respond to seasonal university demand, and effective processes for matching, placing and managing temporary staff. It would also need the administrative capacity to support a direct-award or other public-sector route and to deliver consistently across the service period. Businesses with proven temporary catering recruitment and workforce coordination experience are the closest competitors for this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

STA-26043 Summer Catering Staff

Notice Description

Awarded to Scattergoods Agency Limited for summer catering staff via a direct award

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cd2c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067389-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£30,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
25 Jun 2026 - 24 Jun 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EGHAM
Postcode
TW20 0EX
Postcode Area
Twickenham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ25 West Surrey
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Runnymede
Electoral Ward
Englefield Green East
Westminster Constituency
Windsor

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SCATTERGOODS AGENCY LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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