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Provision of Outsourced Catering Services

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March 27, 2026
Contract Details
Category
Open Procedure
Reference
013569-2026
Value
£1,750,000
Location
North Eastern Scotland, United Kingdom
Published
March 19, 2026
Organization
CPV Code
Project Timeline

Tender Published

February 13, 2026

Deadline for Questions

March 20, 2026

Submission Deadline

March 27, 2026

Budget
£1,750,000
Duration
60 months
Location
North Eastern Scotland
Type
Open Procedure
65
Quality Score/100
Good

Original Tender Description

SRUC requires a financially sustainable and forward looking catering service that delivers value for money, enhances the student experience, and supports SRUC’s long term strategic aims.

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Requirements & Qualifications

16 requirements across 5 categories

Submission (4)
Mandatory (1)
Compliance (3)
Technical (6)
Financial (2)
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS4
--Bidders must obtain full procurement documents and submission instructions from Public Contracts Scotland.
--Bids must be submitted electronically via Public Contracts Scotland.
--Bids must be submitted by the deadline: 2026-03-27 at 12:00:00 UTC.
MANDATORY EXCLUSION GROUNDS1
--Bidders must not be subject to any mandatory exclusion grounds as defined by public procurement regulations (e.g., bankruptcy, serious professional misconduct, non-payment of taxes).
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS3
--Bidders must be legally constituted entities capable of providing catering services.
--Bidders must be registered and able to operate legally within the jurisdiction of SRUC (Scotland/UK).
--Bidders must comply with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements for catering services.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS6
--Ability to deliver a financially sustainable catering service.
--Ability to provide a forward-looking catering service.
--Ability to deliver value for money in catering services.
FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS2
--Bidders must demonstrate financial stability and capacity to manage a contract with an estimated value of 1,750,000 EUR over 60 months.
--Bidders must propose a financially sustainable service model.

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Documents

4 documents available with AI summaries

OCDS RecordDOC
013569-2026_ocds_record.json

SRUC is seeking a catering service provider to deliver financially sustainable, value-for-money services that enhance student experience and align with strategic goals.

OCDS Release PackageDOC
013569-2026_ocds_release.json

This document contains Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) information related to SRUC's tender for a financially sustainable and student-experience-enhancing catering service.

Official PDF VersionPDF
013569-2026_official.pdf

This document is a contract notice announcing a tender for outsourced catering services by SRUC, providing essential contact details and directing potential bidders to Public Contracts Scotland for full procurement documents and submission.

Tender NoticeHTM
013569-2026.html

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65
Good

Tender Quality Score

This tender notice provides a clear description of desired outcomes and supports electronic submission, but critically lacks specified evaluation criteria, significantly impacting fairness and clarity. Several data fields are unpopulated, and sustainability aspects are not explicitly addressed.

Score Breakdown

Legal Compliance75/100

The tender clearly defines the open procedure and uses an appropriate CPV code, referencing mandatory exclusion grounds and general legal compliance. However, the absence of a reveal date makes it impossible to fully assess the legal adequacy of the tender period from publication, and specific legal frameworks are not detailed.

Missing reveal date
Specific legal framework not detailed in summary
Clarity60/100

The description and AI-extracted requirements are generally clear regarding the desired outcomes (financially sustainable, student experience, strategic aims). However, the critical absence of specified evaluation criteria significantly diminishes clarity, leaving bidders uncertain about how their proposals will be judged.

Missing evaluation criteria
Completeness65/100

Basic information such as title, reference, organization, value, duration, and CPV code are complete. However, the full procurement documents are external, and crucially, the evaluation criteria are not defined within the provided information, which is a significant omission for a comprehensive tender.

Full procurement documents are external (not directly provided)
Missing evaluation criteria
Fairness50/100

The tender benefits from disclosed value, electronic submission, and seemingly generic requirements that do not appear tailored. However, the complete absence of evaluation criteria is a severe transparency and fairness concern, as bidders cannot objectively understand how their proposals will be assessed against competitors.

Missing evaluation criteria (major impact on transparency and objectivity)
Practicality75/100

Electronic submission is supported, and the contract duration is clearly specified. While a direct document URL and contract start date are not explicitly provided in the summary, the instruction to obtain documents from Public Contracts Scotland implies a practical pathway.

Direct document URL not provided
Contract start date not specified
Data Consistency80/100

Key dates are logical, and there are no reported disputes or suspensions. However, several fields such as 'Liable Person,' 'Type (Code),' 'Procedure (Code),' and the reveal date are unpopulated or missing, indicating some data incompleteness.

Liable Person empty
Type (Code) empty
Sustainability30/100

The tender lacks explicit criteria for green procurement, social aspects, or innovation focus. While 'forward-looking' and 'student experience' could indirectly relate, they are not framed as measurable sustainability objectives, resulting in a low sustainability score.

No explicit green procurement criteria
No explicit social criteria

Strengths

Clear description of desired outcomes
Electronic submission enabled
Value and duration clearly specified
Open procedure and appropriate CPV code
Requirements are categorized and understandable

Concerns

Critical absence of evaluation criteria
Full tender documents are external, not directly provided
Lack of explicit sustainability (green, social, innovation) criteria
Missing reveal date and other unpopulated data fields

Recommendations

1. Publish clear and detailed evaluation criteria, including weightings and scoring methodology, to ensure transparency and fairness.
2. Ensure all relevant information, including the reveal date and specific legal framework, is explicitly stated or easily accessible within the tender notice.
3. Integrate explicit green procurement, social responsibility, and innovation criteria into the tender requirements to align with modern procurement best practices.

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