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Darlington Catering

STUDENT LOANS COMPANY · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 23:38.

Opportunity overview

Student Loans Company Limited are seeking to appoint an experienced catering supplier to operate within our offices at Memphis, Lingfield Point, Darlington, DL1 1AS. The supplier should offer the 1,600 SLC employees based at this site and any visitors an excellent variety and quality of food that is reasonably priced and served efficiently. The supplier will provide regular new innovative ideas to ensure that the offers remains fresh, meets employee needs and is more cost efficient than the surrounding competition, the supplier should also provide a professional, creative and excellent standard of hospitality catering service for meetings as required. The successful supplier will need to be ready to commence the above services by the 1st of March 2026.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
2024-TR-0065
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

concession

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
STUDENT LOANS COMPANY
Id
GB-COH-02401034

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02401034

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMXL-3278-BCWT

Address

Street Address
Memphis Building Lingfield Point
Locality
Darlington
Postal Code
DL1 1RW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC13

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
THE STREET COFFEE CO CAFE LIMITED
Id
GB-FTS-173820

Address

Street Address
70 Newton Drive
Locality
Durham
Postal Code
DH1 5BE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC14

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Catering For Darlington
Status
active
Date
30 Jan 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Has Renewal
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
55520000
Description
Catering services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
1,433,310
Amount
1,242,202
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-173820
Name
THE STREET COFFEE CO CAFE LIMITED

Contract period

Starts
1 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
28 Feb 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
28 Feb 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Option of two twelve month extension period, subject to satisfactory performance and the continuity of the required services

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
011039-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
6 Feb 2026, 14:56
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
13 Feb 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Darlington · UKC13 · DL1 1RW · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 011039-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·