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
- Housing Solutions · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Sophie's catering SME
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Hospitality & catering · Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions (CPV 55523000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 057988-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 May 2026
- Published19 Jun 2026Published 24 days after the contract date
Description
Housing Solutions has awarded a contract for the provision of catering services at The Birches following a further competition conducted under the YPO Building in Use DPS - Lot 1: Catering Services (Reference 879). The contract covers the delivery of high quality catering services for the residents, including meal planning, food preparation, service delivery, and associated catering operations. The contract commenced on the 1st of June 2026 and is for a maximum term of five years (2+2+1), subject to extension options and satisfactory performance. The total estimated value is up to GBP1 million over the maximum term.
About the supplier
Sophie's catering: every public contract they have won.