---
title: "SSD 22 06 Catering Provision at Lacemaker Court & Thomas Fields"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-034214"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2022-05-31"
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# SSD 22 06 Catering Provision at Lacemaker Court & Thomas Fields

Buyer: DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-034214

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## Summary

Derbyshire County Council is seeking service providers for the "Catering Provision at Lacemaker Court & Thomas Fields" tender, classified under health and social work services. This procurement process is at the Award stage, following a completed tender initiated on 31st May 2022. The award was granted to CaterPlus, with a contract value of £785,000, signed on 18th May 2022. Key dates include cabinet paper approval on 5th May 2022 and a standstill period concluding on 12th May 2022. The service delivery is primarily located within the UKF1 region.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the catering and hospitality sectors, particularly those able to demonstrate capacity for managing services in healthcare environments. Companies specialising in catering for residential units, as well as those with expertise in quality assurance in health and social work services, would be well-suited to engage with this contract. Given the nature of this procurement, only CaterPlus was identified as capable of delivering these services, but future contracts may provide openings for other suppliers, making it valuable for businesses to monitor opportunities in this burgeoning sector.

## Notice

Protocol 8 for the Catering provision at Lacemaker Court and Thomas Fields. Lacemaker Court is a 16 ned unit and Thomas Fields is a 20 bed unit

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Protocol 8 for the Catering provision at Lacemaker Court and Thomas Fields. Lacemaker Court is a 16 bed unit and Thomas Fields is a 20 bed unit Cabinet paper approval 5/5/22 plus standstill 12/5/22

### Procurement Information

Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, whereby a direct award may be made without prior publication: 'where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator [i.e. contractor] for any of the following reasons...[which include where] 'competition is absent for technical reasons'. Under this Report, the services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator (i.e. CaterPlus) for the reason that competition is absent for technical reasons. Recital 50 of the Public Contracts Directive 2014, provides assistance to the applicability of this Regulation 32, which could include, for example, a near technical impossibility for another contractor to achieve the required performance, or the necessity to use specific know-how, tools or means which only one contractor has at its disposal.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015214-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 May 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 May 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £785,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | MATLOCK |
| Post town | Derby |
| Postcode | DE4 3AG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF13 South and West Derbyshire |
| Local authority | Derbyshire Dales |
| Electoral ward | Matlock West |
| Westminster constituency | Derbyshire Dales |
| Delivery location | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CATERPLUS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 31 May 2022 at 13:08 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015214-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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