# PEP/ED/TwS Provision of School Catering 2025

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Bristol City Council.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Bristol City Council](/buyers/bristol-city-council/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Aspens Services Ltd](/suppliers/aspens-services/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £16,000,000
- Tender value: £20,000,000
- Award date: 28 May 2025
- Published: 15 July 2025
- Contract start: 25 October 2025
- Contract end: 24 October 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: dcbc75e1-be51-486a-aeda-324186616d83-854537
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7a61a1f5-4fc0-4833-9388-ca992f43ebdb

## 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\.\\r The contract period will be for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 1 year,\\r \(3\+1 year\) by agreement with the council, schools, and the provider\\r The Framework will be available to the following organisations:\\r • Bristol City Council \(BCC\) Maintained Schools, Nursery Schools, Academy Schools,\\r and other educational establishments\. Please see Section 10 - 'school profiles' for\\r listing and details of schools and nurseries\.\\r • Academy Schools, who are in a group, included in the above-named Authorities, but\\r also in other Authorities where the Academy Group operates\.\\r • The Local Authorities in the Southwest Region of England as follows:\\r • Bath and North East Somerset,\\r • Bournemouth,\\r • Christchurch and Poole,\\r • Bristol,\\r • Cornwall,\\r • Devon,\\r • Dorset,\\r • Gloucestershire,\\r • Isles of Scilly,\\r • North Somerset,\\r • Plymouth,\\r • Somerset,\\r • South Gloucestershire,\\r • Swindon,\\r • Torbay\\r • Wiltshire\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dcbc75e1-be51-486a-aeda-324186616d83-854537)