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Culture, Sport & Tourism Catering Contract

Durham County Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 21:53.

Opportunity overview

Interim 2-year catering contract with Baxter Storey to ensure continuity and to maintain services within Culture, Sport & Tourism operated venues, which gives the Council more time to develop its wider corporate approach and deliver its Strategic Catering Review. Please note this contract will be re-procured competitively (by Open Competitive Flexible Tender) in 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.

Baxter Storey Limited

Matched by number
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
18 Feb 2025
Award ID
005601-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 01962583
Location
Reading, UK, RG6 1PT, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV55520000 — Catering services

Lots

  • Interim 2-year catering contract with Baxter Storey to ensure continuity and to maintain services within Culture, Sport & Tourism operated venues, which gives the Council more time to develop its wider corporate approach and deliver its Strategic Catering Review. Please note this contract will be re-procured competitively (by Open Competitive Flexible Tender) in 2026.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
ocds-h6vhtk-04e34d
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Following a delay in the review of the corporate catering position and the need in Culture and Sport to have a suitable catering offer to the Public, it has been agreed at REGMT to proceed with a two year contract with Baxter Storey to allow Culture and Sport colleagues to appropriately address the catering position within the Service and to prepare and execute an appropriate full procurement process for a long term arrangement. This interim-solution affords the Council time to establish the appropriate strategy whilst ensuring an offer to the Customer which is complaint with all necessary food legislation protocols but also enhances the facilities on offer to the Public. The allowing of this process is also on the basis of the commitment of the service to deliver a market procurement to implement a new contractual arrangement in 2027, which will be procured by Open Competitive Flexible process in 2026.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
55520000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Catering services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
Interim 2-year catering contract with Baxter Storey to ensure continuity and to maintain services within Culture, Sport & Tourism operated venues, which gives the Council more time to develop its wider corporate approach and deliver its Strategic Catering Review. Please note this contract will be re-procured competitively (by Open Competitive Flexible Tender) in 2026.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC14

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
55520000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Catering services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-34318
Name
Durham County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKC14
Locality
DURHAM
Postal Code
DH15UQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall

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
Durham County Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-01962583
Name
Baxter Storey Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Reading
Postal Code
RG6 1PT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
300 Thames Valley Park Drive

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
01962583
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
Baxter Storey Limited
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-138322
Name
The County Council of Durham

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Durham
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
The County Council of Durham

Award information

Award 1
Id
005601-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-01962583
Name
Baxter Storey Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
005601-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
005601-2025-1
Date Signed
18 Feb 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · DURHAM · UKC14 · DH15UQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC14

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04e34d-2025-02-18T14:17:29Zcompiled ·