Ministry of Justice awards £800,000 judges’ lodgings catering contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 13:10.

Opportunity overview

Catering Services for the Judges lodgings including but not limited to - Chef's, Kitchen Staff, waiting on Staff

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.

Rising Star Catering Limited, -

Matched by normalised name

Published award value: £800k
Awarded: 18 Apr 2024
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-49baea05-dd9b-42af-9772-bb8a3eab084f-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV55520000 — Catering services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗
n/aOpen source ↗
Rising Star LimitedOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: tender_318771/1409326
Status: complete
Procurement Method Details: Other - Direct Award
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 55520000
Description: Catering services

Tender Period

Ends: 3 Apr 2024, 14:00

Contract period

Starts: 19 Apr 2024, 00:00
Ends: 18 Apr 2027, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Country Name: British Oversea Territories

Entry 2

Country Name: Channel Islands

Entry 3

Country Name: Europe

Entry 4

Country Name: Isle of Man

Entry 5

Country Name: Rest of the World

Entry 6

Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-CFS-189188
Name: Ministry of Justice

Identifier

Legal Name: Ministry of Justice

Address

Street Address: 102 Petty France,
Locality: London
Postal Code: SW1H 9AJ
Country Name: England

Contact

Name: CCMD Catering
Email: ccmd_catering@justice.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-298029
Name: Rising Star Catering Limited, -

Identifier

Legal Name: Rising Star Catering Limited, -

Address

Street Address: 9 Boswell Close, Kinoulton, Nottingham, England, NG12 3ET

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-49baea05-dd9b-42af-9772-bb8a3eab084f-1
Status: active
Date: 19 Apr 2024, 00:00
Published: 10 Oct 2024, 11:10

Value

Amount: 800,000
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-298029
Name: Rising Star Catering Limited, -

Contract period

Starts: 19 Apr 2024, 00:00
Ends: 18 Apr 2027, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1cafbc4a-07a0-4b88-9f81-1f58b876a1fb ↗
Published: 10 Oct 2024, 11:10
Date Modified: 14 Oct 2026, 11:57
Format: text/html
Language: en

Entry 2

Id: 2
Description: n/a
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4fee3ba5-9bd1-44b6-80d5-6553af745fd3 ↗
Format: application/pdf

Entry 3

Id: 3
Description: Rising Star Limited
Url: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice ↗

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · SW1H 9AJ · England
Delivery location · British Oversea Territories
Delivery location · Channel Islands
Delivery location · Europe
Delivery location · Isle of Man
Delivery location · Rest of the World
Delivery location · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

1cafbc4a-07a0-4b88-9f81-1f58b876a1fb-917822Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 14 Oct 2026, 11:57

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

The Ministry of Justice published an award for judges’ lodgings catering services to RISING STAR CATERING LIMITED. The published award value is £800,000 and the stated service period runs from 19 April 2024 to 18 April 2027.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeAwarded contract notice on Contracts FinderEvidence: Process notice type and award document 1.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-49baea05-dd9b-42af-9772-bb8a3eab084f-1 has status 'active'.
Procurement stageAwardEvidence: Process stage is 'award'; tender status is 'complete'.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 1cafbc4a-07a0-4b88-9f81-1f58b876a1fb-917822
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-49baea05-dd9b-42af-9772-bb8a3eab084f
First published: 14 Oct 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 13:10
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award is recorded to RISING STAR CATERING LIMITED under an Other - Direct Award procedure.

Market significance

This is a three-year public-sector catering-services award with a published value of £800,000.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

RISING STAR CATERING LIMITED

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-49baea05-dd9b-42af-9772-bb8a3eab084f-1 · 800000 GBP · active

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The active award names supplier GB-CFS-298029. Supplier verification resolved this supplier to RISING STAR CATERING LIMITED (company number 13010808). The £800,000 value is recorded against the single award.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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Process notice type and award document 1.

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award ocds-b5fd17-49baea05-dd9b-42af-9772-bb8a3eab084f-1 has status 'active'.

Procurement stage

96% confidence

Award

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Process stage is 'award'; tender status is 'complete'.

Contract conclusion

98% confidence

Not explicitly evidenced as signed

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The source provides an active award and contract-period fields, but no explicit signature or contract-conclusion statement.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published award value

99% confidence

£800,000 GBP

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Award value is amount 800000, currency GBP.

Value allocation

95% confidence

Allocated to the single published award; no lot-level allocation is supplied

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One award is supplied and no lots are provided.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Tender deadline

97% confidence

3 April 2024, 14:00 BST

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Tender period endDate is 2024-04-03T14:00:00+01:00.

Award date

98% confidence

19 April 2024

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Award date is 2024-04-19T00:00:00+01:00.

Stated contract start

98% confidence

19 April 2024

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Award and tender contractPeriod startDate are 2024-04-19T00:00:00+01:00.

Stated contract end

98% confidence

18 April 2027

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Award and tender contractPeriod endDate are 2027-04-18T23:59:59+01:00.

Award notice publication

98% confidence

10 October 2024

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Award document 1 datePublished is 2024-10-10T11:10:49+01:00.

Latest recorded notice update

97% confidence

14 October 2026

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Release history and award document modification date show 2026-10-14.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

98% confidence

Catering services for judges’ lodgings, including chefs, kitchen staff and waiting staff

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Published description: 'Catering Services for the Judges lodgings including but not limited to - Chef's, Kitchen Staff, waiting on Staff'.

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 55520000 — Catering services

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Primary classification is CPV 55520000.

Published delivery coverage

94% confidence

United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, Isle of Man and Rest of the World

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Tender item 1 lists these delivery-address country fields.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Other - Direct Award

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procurementMethodDetails is 'Other - Direct Award'.

Competition information

99% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores or selection rationale is supplied.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated term

98% confidence

19 April 2024 to 18 April 2027

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Published contractPeriod start and end dates.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No extension options or renewal clauses are present in the supplied data.

SME suitability flag

94% confidence

Yes

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Tender suitability records sme: true.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Award structure

96% confidence

Single published supplier and single published award

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One award and one supplier are included in the supplied record; no lots are supplied.

Commercial basis

96% confidence

Direct award for catering staffing and related services at judges’ lodgings

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Procedure is Other - Direct Award and the description lists catering personnel and services.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-49baea05-dd9b-42af-9772-bb8a3eab084f
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Ministry of Justice

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Buyer party and process buyer_name identify the Ministry of Justice.

Buyer location

97% confidence

London, England (SW1H 9AJ)

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Buyer address is 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ, England.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Verified legal supplier

99% confidence

RISING STAR CATERING LIMITED

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Supplier verification status is verified; verified company number is 13010808 and verified company status is Active.

Source supplier wording

98% confidence

Rising Star Catering Limited, -

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The award party and source supplier name include a trailing comma and hyphen; verification resolved the supplier name to RISING STAR CATERING LIMITED.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated re-procurement/renewal point

83% confidence

After 18 April 2027, if the stated term runs to its published end date

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The only explicit end date is 18 April 2027; no renewal option is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Contract execution evidence

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice: the record does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed.

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The supplied data contains an active award and contract-period fields, but no signature field or executed-contract statement.

Publication-date inconsistency

98% confidence

The award document was published on 10 October 2024, while the process-level published timestamp and latest update are 14 October 2026.

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Award document datePublished is 2024-10-10; process published_at and release history are 2026-10-14.

Supplier name normalization

99% confidence

The source party name contains trailing punctuation ('Rising Star Catering Limited, -'); the verified legal name is RISING STAR CATERING LIMITED.

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Source party name and supplier-verification result.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

No explicit signed-contract or contract-execution evidence is supplied; the analysis therefore reports an active award rather than a signed contract.
No bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores, award rationale or pricing breakdown is published.
No lots, lot titles or lot-level values are supplied.
No extension or renewal options are published; the post-April-2027 timing is an estimate based only on the stated end date.
The record contains differing publication/update dates: the award document says 10 October 2024, while process-level publication and release-update data show 14 October 2026.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who received the award?

RISING STAR CATERING LIMITED, verified under company number 13010808.

What is the published award value?

£800,000 GBP.

What services are covered?

Catering services for judges’ lodgings, including chefs, kitchen staff and waiting staff.

Was this a competitive procedure?

The notice identifies the procedure as Other - Direct Award. Competition details were not supplied.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Rising Star Limited - Judges Lodgings Catering Services

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Rising Star Catering Limited, -

Classification

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

Tender Period

Contract period

Suitability

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Identifier

Address

Details

Roles

Award information

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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