Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University Of Edinburgh · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Blue Sky Catering Conference & Events Ltd SME
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions (CPV 55523000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 036081-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Apr 2026
- Published21 Apr 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
The University has a requirement for a supplier to provide a catering delivery service to handle requirements that cannot be fulfilled by the in-house service from ACE (Accommodation, Catering & Events). The supplier needs to be able to fulfil catering requirements throughout the year and be able to deliver to multiple areas across the University. It is required to be competitively priced and at a specified quality and health & safety standard. ACE should be first-choice for users at the University for catering with external supplier support needed when ACE reach capacity and there are catering requests they are unable to fulfil. A successful outcome would be to have a supplier in place for users to select who are ready to pick up the additional catering demand from across the University as/when required. The “Partnership” element which is referenced throughout this tender is defined as a vision for a collaborative working relationship with the successful bidder to maintain a continui…
About the supplier
Blue Sky Catering Conference & Events Ltd: every public contract they have won.