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Virano Managed Service Catering Framework

Location: Newton AbbotBuyer: Virano Frameworks Ltd
Stage: Tender Date: 21st September 2026 (1 day ago) Value: £10M-£100M Source: Find A Tender Service

Description: Virano Frameworks Ltd is seeking to establish a single supplier framework agreement for the provision of managed catering services, primarily for education settings and other eligible contracting authorities. The framework is intended to support schools, academies, multi-academy trusts, colleges, universities and other educational bodies with the delivery of compliant, high-quality and value-for-money managed catering services. The framework will cover managed school catering and school meal services, including primary meal provision, secondary retail catering provision and mixed primary/secondary estate arrangements. Services may include menu development, food and ingredient supply, mobilisation, operational management support, compliance support, training, reporting, performance monitoring, contract management and continuous improvement under a managed service model. The framework will be awarded to one supplier only. Future call-off contracts may be awarded to the appointed supplier in (read more...)

Summary: Virano Frameworks Ltd is procuring a managed catering services framework for schools, academies, multi-academy trusts, colleges, universities and other eligible education bodies across the United Kingdom. The requirement covers managed school catering and school meal services, including primary meal provision, secondary retail catering and mixed primary and secondary estates. The appointed provider will deliver menu development, food and ingredient supply, mobilisation, operational management, compliance support, training, reporting, performance monitoring, contract management and continuous improvement. It will also support participating authorities with procurement, implementation, supplier management and tailored call-off arrangements. This is a services opportunity with an associated food-supply element, classified under CPV 55524000, school catering services.

Tender deadline: 25th September 2026 3 days remaining

Staff & Visitor Cakes/Confectionary

Location: WakefeldBuyer: The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Stage: Planning Date: 18th September 2026 (4 days ago) Value: Under £100K Source: Find A Tender Service

Description: Portioned Premium Baked Cakes for Resale Individual or whole portioned premium baked cakes Retail sale to customers, including NHS staff, visitors and, where appropriate, patients

Summary: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust intends to procure premium portioned baked cakes and confectionery for retail resale. The products may be supplied as individual portions or whole portioned cakes, for sale to NHS staff, visitors and, where appropriate, patients. The requirement is divided between Trust café retail outlets and staff and visitor dining rooms across the Trust. This is primarily a supply opportunity for cake and confectionery producers, wholesalers, caterers and food-service suppliers able to provide consistent retail-ready products. The work is associated with catering services as well as cake supply. Delivery and sales activity will take place across the Trust’s locations in West Yorkshire, including its café and dining facilities.

Future notice: 2nd November 2026 41 days remaining

T26/27-013 DIIB Catering and Bar Operator

Location: LisburnBuyer: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Stage: Tender Date: 17th September 2026 (5 days ago) Value: £100K-£500K Source: Find A Tender Service

Description: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council's seeks to appoint an operator or operators to service the Council's catering and bar service needs at the new Ice Bowl in Dundonald. This Request for Proposals invites those interested commercial operators to submit Proposals in respect of the Opportunity. This contract will be awarded in two lots. Lot 1 Catering and Bar Services and Lot 2 Coffee Outlet Services

Summary: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council is seeking an operator or operators for catering, bar and coffee outlet services at the new Ice Bowl in Dundonald. The procurement covers two service lots: Lot 1 is catering and bar services, while Lot 2 is coffee outlet services. The requirement is for commercial food, beverage-serving and hospitality operations serving users of the Ice Bowl. Suppliers may be relevant if they operate catering and bar services, coffee outlets, or a broader leisure, venue or hospitality offer capable of covering one or both lots. The council is the buying organisation and the services will be delivered at the Ice Bowl in Dundonald, Northern Ireland.

Tender deadline: 9th October 2026 17 days remaining

Dartford Science and Technology College ~ Catering Tender

Location: KentBuyer: Dartford Science and Technology College
Stage: Tender Date: 17th September 2026 (5 days ago) Value: £1M-£10M Source: Find A Tender Service

Description: DSTC is a nurturing, engaging local authority maintained 11-18 school where students achieve well and flourish. DSTC is unique in Dartford as the only non-selective school for girls.In addition we have a coeducational Post 16. We pride ourselves on the excellent relationships between staff, students and parents. We are committed to providing enriched opportunities and experiences that promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM), while actively cultivating an ethos that values learning and ensures our students are safe, happy, and empowered to achieve. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the 860 students on roll and 101 teaching and support staff, with a focus on exciting new food concepts (read more...)

Summary: Dartford Science and Technology College is seeking a contractor to provide all catering services within its existing school facilities in Dartford, Kent. The service covers morning break, lunch, hospitality and free-issue requirements, including free school meals charged according to consumption and net food cost. The school has 860 students and 101 teaching and support staff, with a requirement to serve a broad range of pupil tastes and dietary requirements. The appointed contractor will be expected to review the current service and recommend improvements, including exciting new food concepts. This is a school catering services contract for a local authority maintained 11–18 girls’ school with co-educational post-16 provision.

Tender deadline: 5th February 2027 136 days remaining

DMAT - Catering Tender

Location: LeicesterBuyer: Educo
Stage: Tender Date: 15th September 2026 (1 week ago) Value: £1M-£10M Source: Find A Tender Service

Description: Educo on behalf of the Trust will manage a 2-stage process through the mytenders portal that links to the Find a Tender Central Digital Platform. 2.1 EXPRESSION OF INTEREST The 1st Stage of this tender is to assess the most appropriate Contractors from their expression of interest applied and on information and responses provided and submitted on the mytenders portal as requested in this Selection Questionnaire. Please see Section 4.0 for requirements for submission. The highest scoring 4 - 5 bidders will be invited to progress to Stage 2 2.2 PROPOSAL AND FORM OF TENDER STAGE The 2nd Stage will comprise of: * Initial on-line Briefing session to outline key requirements, expand on completing forms of tender and answer any questions. * Site visits to the School(s). * (read more...)

Summary: Educo is procuring school catering services on behalf of Durrington Multi Academy Trust, covering Durrington High School and The Laurels Primary School in Worthing, West Sussex. The requirement is for a contract catering company to provide catering operations and operational support to teams at the schools, with bidders expected to address how they would manage and support delivery on site. Educo Consultancy & Facilities Management is managing the procurement for the Trust. The work is categorised as school catering services and is suitable for businesses specialising in outsourced education catering, contract food services and the management of catering operations across school sites. The opportunity concerns one combined requirement covering both schools rather than separate school-specific packages.

Tender deadline: 21st October 2026 29 days remaining

Social Care Agency Workers Flexible Framework Agreement

Location: PaisleyBuyer: Scotland Excel
Stage: Tender Date: 15th September 2026 (1 week ago) Value: £100M-£1B Source: Find A Tender Service

Description: This procurement exercise is to establish a 'National Flexible Framework Agreement' in accordance with Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, "the Regulations" (further referred to as 'the Flexible Framework Agreement (FFA)') for the provision of trained and vetted Social Care Agency Workers in a variety of social care settings. Once established, subject to the terms of the FFA, there may be opportunities for admission of new suppliers and existing suppliers may vary their service (see the Procurement Documents for full details). The value provided in II.1.5 is an ESTIMATE only. TENDER INFORMATION SESSIONS Scotland Excel is running Tenderer Information Sessions on the following dates - 22 September 2026 @ 1pm - 2.30pm and - 23 September 2026 @ 1pm - 2.30pm. Please contact adultsocialcare@scotland-excel.org.uk if (read more...)

Summary: Scotland Excel is procuring a National Flexible Framework Agreement for trained and vetted social care agency workers across Scotland. The framework will support local authorities, associate members, Integration Authorities and the Scottish Prison Service that have the relevant access arrangements. It covers social care settings through three service areas: Care Roles, including care assistants, support workers, housing assistants and senior carers; Professional Roles, including social workers, occupational therapists, social work managers and social work assistants; and Ancillary Roles, including domestic assistants, cooks, kitchen assistants, handypersons and bus escorts. The work is classified as social work and related services (CPV 85300000), and delivery is across Scotland. The arrangement is intended to allow new suppliers to join and existing suppliers to vary their services, subject to its terms.

Tender deadline: 20th October 2026 28 days remaining

Babies, Children and Young People Modern Service Framework

Location: LondonBuyer: NHS England
Stage: Planning Date: 15th September 2026 (1 week ago) Value: Not specified Source: Find A Tender Service

Description: Early Market Engagement Notice Foreword NHS England is exploring collaboration opportunities with stakeholders from the private, public and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sectors who are interested in helping to improve the health and life chances of babies, children and young people. Prior to formally launching this opportunity, we are hosting a virtual engagement forum on Tuesday 6th October, 15:30 - 17:00. This will be a chance for organisations to learn more about our ambitions, feed into the development of our approach and discuss any ideas and suggestions they may have to collaboratively improve the health of children and young people. NHS England recognises the Department of Health and Social Care has recently launched a Child Poverty Market engagement notice https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062438-2026 . While there are some shared (read more...)

Summary: NHS England is developing a Modern Service Framework for babies, children and young people aged 0 to 25, with maternity and neonatal services outside scope. The work aims to support more proactive, personalised and integrated care, with greater emphasis on prevention, early intervention, reducing inequalities and coordinated support closer to home. It addresses children’s physical and mental health, healthy living, vaccination, oral health, obesity, special educational needs and disabilities, education, social care and wider life chances. Potential activity spans health and social work services, education and training, digital and telecommunications services, medical products and equipment, food and catering, sport and recreation, retail, design and technology. NHS England is the buying organisation, with activity intended to support communities and services across England.

Cafe catering services in Stratford, London, UK

Location: LondonBuyer: British Council
Stage: Planning Date: 15th September 2026 (1 week ago) Value: £100K-£500K Source: Find A Tender Service

Description: To investigate the opportunities and delivery models for several potential catering service solutions at our head office location.

Summary: The British Council is exploring catering service solutions for the café at its head office in Stratford, London. The requirement concerns café catering rather than a one-off event, with the buyer investigating different ways to deliver the service and several possible operating models. The procurement category is catering services (CPV 55520000). The work is intended for the British Council’s London head office, although the item records a wider UK service classification. This is a service requirement for an organisation seeking to understand the market and identify workable approaches to running or supporting café catering at its Stratford location.

Social Care Agency Workers Flexible Framework Agreement

Location: PaisleyBuyer: Scotland Excel
Stage: Tender Date: 15th September 2026 (1 week ago) Value: £100M-£1B Source: Public Contracts Scotland

Description: This procurement exercise is to establish a 'National Flexible Framework Agreement' in accordance with Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, "the Regulations" (further referred to as 'the Flexible Framework Agreement (FFA)') for the provision of trained and vetted Social Care Agency Workers in a variety of social care settings. Once established, subject to the terms of the FFA, there may be opportunities for admission of new suppliers and existing suppliers may vary their service (see the Procurement Documents for full details). The value provided in II.1.5 is an ESTIMATE only. TENDER INFORMATION SESSIONS Scotland Excel is running Tenderer Information Sessions on the following dates - 22 September 2026 @ 1pm - 2.30pm and - 23 September 2026 @ 1pm - 2.30pm. Please contact adultsocialcare@scotland-excel.org.uk if (read more...)

Summary: Scotland Excel is establishing a national flexible framework for trained and vetted temporary social care agency workers in a range of social care settings. The requirement is divided into care roles, professional roles and ancillary roles. Care roles cover care assistants, support workers, housing assistants and senior carers. Professional roles cover social workers, occupational therapists, social work managers and social work assistants. Ancillary roles cover domestic assistants, cooks, kitchen assistants, handypersons and bus escorts. The framework is being procured for Scotland Excel, the 32 Scottish local authorities, Scotland Excel associate members, integration authorities and other eligible public bodies, including the Scottish Prison Service. Services will be delivered across Scotland.

Tender deadline: 20th October 2026 28 days remaining

Event Services Framework at the National Portrait Gallery

Location: LondonBuyer: National Portrait Gallery
Stage: Tender Date: 14th September 2026 (1 week ago) Value: £1M-£10M Source: Find A Tender Service

Description: The Gallery wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Event Services for events, which will be held at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) site(s). The Framework will consist of 5 lots, namely: Catering; Floristry; Production; Furniture; Entertainment Note that the values for each Lot are estimates only and actuals may vary; these estimates include spend by external clients as well as Gallery spend. Inclusion on the Framework does not guarantee any minimum level of work either directly for the National Portrait Gallery or for clients who choose from the Approved Supplier List. Inclusion on the Framework does not guarantee any minimum level of work either directly for the National Portrait Gallery or for clients who choose from the Approved Supplier List. This framework will be (read more...)

Summary: The National Portrait Gallery is establishing an event services framework for events held at its gallery premises in London, including the Main Gallery and Weston Wing. It covers five lots: event catering; floral displays and floristry; event production, including lighting, audio, video, rigging, staging and project management; furniture hire, including lounge and dining furniture, bars and DJ booths; and entertainment. The requirement supports internal events, corporate and sponsor bookings, private venue hires, fundraising dinners, receptions, exhibition openings, portrait unveilings, product launches and fashion shows. External clients may also select approved suppliers directly for their events. The work is service-based and takes place at the Gallery’s sites, which host around 150 out-of-hours events each year.

Tender deadline: 15th October 2026 23 days remaining

Categories covered in Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

Public sector buyers procure a wide range of contracts across these sub-categories:

Hotel services Camping sites and other non-hotel accommodation Restaurant and food-serving services Beverage-serving services Canteen and catering services Retail trade services

Top buyers for Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

The public sector organisations involved in the most contracting processes in this category.

  • The Litmus Partnership Ltd 262
  • UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 84
  • Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office 79
  • Ministry of Justice 79
  • Portsmouth City Council 71
  • Home Office 67
  • Central Bedfordshire Council 65
  • British Council 54
  • Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 54
  • The Sustainable Catering Consultancy 52
  • Bristol City Council 48
  • Birmingham City Council 46

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