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Provision of Catering Facilities at City of Portsmouth College

City of Portsmouth College · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 06:50.

Opportunity overview

To provide catering and staffing services to the City of Portsmouth College. Delivered on a nil cost basis.

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.

Cater Link Ltd (Caterlink)

Match pending…
Contract value
£3.3m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
29 Jun 2025
Award ID
043805-2025-Y23009-1
Status
active
Identifier
03732298
Location
Berkshire, UKJ31, RG6 1PT, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV55520000 — Catering services

Lots

  • Direct framework award under PRC2015 regime for Catering service and Supplies. Direct award based on Framework criteria continuity of services and nil return EOI, highest scoring framework supplier.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
CoPC 2025/08
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
"DIRECT AWARD Placing an order with any capable supplier awarded on the framework, without re-opening competition, following the criteria set out below. Regulation 33(8)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) sets out the criteria for making a direct award where a framework is concluded with more than one supplier: • All the terms governing the provision of the works, services and supplies concerned are set out in the framework, and • The objective conditions for determining which of the suppliers on the framework shall perform them are set out in the procurement documents. In accordance with the above regulation, direct award orders may be placed under this framework provided the customer can meet any one of the following objective conditions: 1. Customer is satisfied that, following their own due diligence, they can identify the supplier that offers best value for their requirement 2.The supplier is able to supply the required goods/services within the customers timescales 3. The Supplier achieved the highest total score during the evaluation process 4. Goods/services required are unique/exclusive to one supplier 5. Continuity of existing goods/services from an awarded supplier"

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Classification

Id
55520000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Catering services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_PROC_RESTRICTED
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
Direct framework award under PRC2015 regime for Catering service and Supplies. Direct award based on Framework criteria continuity of services and nil return EOI, highest scoring framework supplier.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Portsmouth

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ31

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-155966
Name
City of Portsmouth College

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UKJ31
Locality
Portsmouth
Postal Code
PO3 6PZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Tangier Road, 2 Tudor Crescent

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
09
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Education

Identifier

Id
130005158
Legal Name
City of Portsmouth College

Contact

Name
Julia Challacombe
Telephone
+44 2392328904
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-155967
Name
Cater Link Ltd (Caterlink)

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKJ31
Locality
Berkshire
Postal Code
RG6 1PT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Early West, 300 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
03732298
Legal Name
Cater Link Ltd (Caterlink)

Contact

Telephone
+44 1189356700
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-155968
Name
City of Portsmouth Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Portsmouth
Postal Code
PO3 6PZ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
City of Portsmouth Council

Award information

Award 1
Id
043805-2025-Y23009-1
Title
Catering and Vending Machine Framework
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-155967
Name
Cater Link Ltd (Caterlink)

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
043805-2025-Y23009-1
Title
Catering and Vending Machine Framework
Status
active
Award ID
043805-2025-Y23009-1
Date Signed
30 Jun 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
3,260,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Portsmouth · UKJ31 · PO3 6PZ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ31

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0567ef-2025-07-29T12:06:07+01:00compiled ·