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PEP/ED/TwS Provision of School Catering 2025

Bristol City Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 21:04.

Opportunity overview

The Council on behalf of the schools wish to appoint a single provider under framework agreement, for the provision of School Catering to schools under individual call-off contracts.

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.

Aspens Services Ltd

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£16m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
27 May 2025
Award ID
040247-2025-DN754944-1
Status
active
Location
Worcester, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV55520000 — Catering services
  • CPV55524000 — School catering services

Lots

  • The Council on behalf of the schools appoint a single provider under framework agreement, for the provision of School Catering to schools under individual call-off contracts. The contract period will be for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 1 year, (3+1 year) by agreement with the council, schools, and the provider The Framework will be available to the following organisations: Bristol City Council (BCC) Maintained Schools, Nursery Schools, Academy Schools, and other educational establishments. Please see Section 10 - 'school profiles' for listing and details of schools and nurseries. • Academy Schools, who are in a group, included in the above-named Authorities, but also in other Authorities where the Academy Group operates. The Local Authorities in the Southwest Region of England as follows: Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Bristol Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset South Gloucestershire Swindon Torbay Wiltshire.Value not stated

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
DN754944
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
2

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Label
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Section
IV.2.2

New Value

Date
1 Apr 2025, 12:00

Old Value

Date
18 Mar 2025, 12:00
Entry 2

Where

Label
Conditions for opening of tenders
Section
IV.2.7

New Value

Date
1 Apr 2025, 12:05

Old Value

Date
18 Mar 2025, 12:05

Bid Opening

Date
18 Mar 2025, 12:05
Description
The tender will be opened via ProContract by a member of Bristol City Council's Procurement and Contract Management Service following the tender deadline.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Framework Agreement

Maximum Participants
1

Expected award period

Starts
18 Mar 2025, 12:05

Tender Period

Ends
18 Mar 2025, 12:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
21 Jan 2025, 00:00

Classification

Id
55520000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Catering services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
The Council on behalf of the schools appoint a single provider under framework agreement, for the provision of School Catering to schools under individual call-off contracts. The contract period will be for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 1 year, (3+1 year) by agreement with the council, schools, and the provider The Framework will be available to the following organisations: Bristol City Council (BCC) Maintained Schools, Nursery Schools, Academy Schools, and other educational establishments. Please see Section 10 - 'school profiles' for listing and details of schools and nurseries. • Academy Schools, who are in a group, included in the above-named Authorities, but also in other Authorities where the Academy Group operates. The Local Authorities in the Southwest Region of England as follows: Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Bristol Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset South Gloucestershire Swindon Torbay Wiltshire.

Options

Description
The contract period will be for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 1 year,

Renewal

Description
The contract period will be for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 12 months, by agreement with the council, schools and the provider.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
31
Criterion 2
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
19
Criterion 3
Type
price
Description
50

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Entry 2
Region
UK
Entry 3
Region
UK

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
55524000
Scheme
CPV
Description
School catering services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-3840
Name
Bristol City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS1 5TR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Bristol City Council, City Hall, College Green

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Bristol City Council

Contact

Name
Matthew Roberts
Telephone
+44 0
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-4844
Name
Bristol City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS1 5TR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
City Hall, College Green

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Bristol City Council

Contact

Name
Ms Caroline Bennet-Clark
Telephone
+44 1234112233
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-60044
Name
Bristol Magistrates Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Bristol
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Bristol Magistrates Court
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-22894
Name
Aspens Services Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Worcester
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Aspens Services Ltd

Award information

Award 1
Id
040247-2025-DN754944-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-22894
Name
Aspens Services Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
040247-2025-DN754944-1
Status
active
Award ID
040247-2025-DN754944-1
Date Signed
28 May 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
16,000,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UK · BS1 5TR · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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