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Published 17 Feb 2025, 13:51 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Catering Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Housing 21 (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£9,600,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 16 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Compass Contract Services (UK) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Awarded via a competition on CCS Facilities Management and Workplace Services DPS.

Please refer to F01: Prior information notice - www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005376-2025/P… ↗

Facilities Management and Workplace Services DPS - CCS. DPS filters applied to support primary requirement (15/04/2025): Residential Catering Services, Hackney and Newham, Haringey and Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Camden and City of London, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham, Wandsworth, Westminster, Barking & Dagenham and Havering, Bexley and Greenwich, Enfield, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, Bromley, Croydon, Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton, Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames, West Sussex (North East), West Sussex (South West)

CPV: Catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Contract ObjectivePlanned

Contract Objective

i. To provide a fully managed catering service, including attracting and retaining the best, trained professionals.

ii. To deliver a quality Bistro style, or equivalent in etiquette of service and delivery manner, to residents.

iii. To offer high quality fresh food and beverage choices.

iv. To achieve the highest standards in food quality choices, to promote residents' well-being, food options and experience. This includes fresh food and beverages that are prepared, presented, and served to residents in an attractive manner, which offers customers a choice, with particular attention paid to appearance, taste, texture, portion sizes, temperature, and nutritional value.

v. To enhance an excellent catering service reputation with customers, in view of expanding a catering offering to the surrounding community.

vi. To create a welcoming and relaxed 'bistro ambience' environment producing food of the highest standards that not only attracts residents and their visitors but becomes a restaurant of choice.

vii. To comply with all requirements and monitoring work as set out in the Safer Food Better Business for Caterers (Food Standards Agency): Safer food, better business for caterers | Food Standards Agency.

Delivery: UK, London · Predominately based in London.
Extensions: 3 Year initial term Optional Extensions: 2 years + 1 year

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Feb 2025, 13:51 GMT
Last source update
3 Feb 2026, 12:53 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-009437
Classification (CPV)
Catering services
Delivery area
UKLondon (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e2af Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Competition via CCS - Facilities Management and Workplace Services DPS

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

26 Mar 2025 → 3 Feb 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    26 Mar 2025
  2. Notice published265 days ago
    3 Feb 2026, 12:53 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Feb 2026
  1. Status changed to complete
    3 Feb 2026, 12:53 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    3 Feb 2026, 12:53 GMT
  3. Buyer details updated
    3 Feb 2026, 12:53 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £9,600,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Compass Contract Services (UK) Ltd£9,600,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

HOUSING 21

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities GB-COH: Housing 21 · GB-COH: ocds-h6vhtk-04e2af Tricorn House, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B168TPContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.