Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Bristol City Council
City Hall, College Green
Bristol
BS1 5TR
UK
Contact person: Ms Caroline Bennet-Clark
E-mail: Caroline.bennet-clark@bristol.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
PEP/ED/TwS Provision of School Catering 2025
Reference number: DN754944
II.1.2) Main CPV code
55520000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council on behalf of the schools wish to appoint a single provider under framework agreement, for the provision of School Catering to schools under individual call-off contracts.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
16 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
55524000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council on behalf of the schools appoint a single provider under framework agreement, for the provision of School Catering to schools under individual call-off contracts.
The contract period will be for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 1 year,
(3+1 year) by agreement with the council, schools, and the provider
The Framework will be available to the following organisations:
Bristol City Council (BCC) Maintained Schools, Nursery Schools, Academy Schools, and other educational establishments. Please see Section 10 - 'school profiles' for listing and details of schools and nurseries.
• Academy Schools, who are in a group, included in the above-named Authorities, but
also in other Authorities where the Academy Group operates.
The Local Authorities in the Southwest Region of England as follows:
Bath and North East Somerset
Bournemouth
Christchurch and Poole
Bristol
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Gloucestershire
Isles of Scilly
North Somerset
Plymouth
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
Swindon
Torbay
Wiltshire.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 31
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 19
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract period will be for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 1 year,
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-008225
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: DN754944
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/05/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Aspens Services Ltd
Worcester
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 16 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Bristol Magistrates Court
Bristol
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/07/2025