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Published 22 May 2025, 21:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Catering Services - Re-tender

Official notice

Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: South West (UKK11)
Planned pipeline value£7,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 20 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 5 yrsends 30 Mar 2031 · up to 29 Mar 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Catering Services - Re-tender for NHSBT

CPV: Catering services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
5 yrs · up to 9 yrs from 1 Apr 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Mar 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 29 Mar 2035 with extensions
Delivery: South West
Extensions: Extension options published
55520000 Catering services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Provision of Catering Services - Re-tender” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 May 2025, 21:48 BST
Last source update
23 May 2025, 14:08 BST
Authority reference
W73883
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026442
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Catering services
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051f9d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

22 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 May 2025, 21:48 BST
  2. Tender notice expected372 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    22 May 2025, 21:48 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    23 May 2025, 14:08 BST
    UK1
  3. Published value updated to £7,500,000
    23 May 2025, 14:08 BST
    was £4,500,000
Published amendments (1)

Contract value needs to be changed

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Blood and Transplant

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDBY-6395-VWBP 500 North Bristol Park, Bristol, South West, BS34 7QHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender