Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Espo · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Aspens Services Ltd
- Value
- £8,268,754
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Meal-serving services (CPV 55320000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 045461-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 May 2026
- Published18 May 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
Award of a PCR 2015 further competition under Lot 1 of ESPO Framework 704_22 Catering Services (see https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027079-2022 for the overriding framework award), for the supply of Catering Services to the Leicestershire Schools Group.
About the supplier
Aspens Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06561073).