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Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Strategic Catering Opportunities across County Durham

Descriptions

Durham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore the market options in relation to a corporate wide catering review and externally delivered catering solution across a number of its public facing venues.

 

The Council has taken time to consider its position and ability to deliver a catering offer through its public facing venues and initial input from the market through previous market engagement exercises. The Council has now identified two key delivery routes which it would like to explore further. This exercise is to help support the Council's decision making going forward and consider information provided by the market on the level of interest from external provision, potential lease options and key areas of information required to help the Council in any potential Procurement activity.

 

The Council has identified the following venues to be in scope of this market engagement opportunity:

• Abbey Leisure Centre

• Bishop Auckland Leisure Centre

• Bishop Auckland Town Hall

• Durham Dales Tearoom

• Durham Leadership Centre

• Empire Theatre, Consett

• Gala Theatre

• Hardwick Park

• Killhope Lead Mining Museum

• Peterlee Leisure Centre

• Spennymoor Leisure Centre

• The Dunes Café

• The Light (formerly known as the Durham Light Infantry Museum)

• The Louisa Centre

• The Story

• Wharton Park

 

Please note this is a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) opportunity only at this stage. We are welcoming written responses to our PME questionnaire at this stage. The questionnaire can be accessed free of charge by registering on the Open Portal at open-uk.org

 

The estimated contract value includes all venues within scope, however we also welcome responses from SMEs who may be interested in one or more venue.

Timeline

Published Date :

29th Oct 2025 Yesterday

Deadline :

3rd Dec 2025 in a 1 month

Contract Start :

31st Mar 2027

Contract End :

31st Mar 2035

Tender Regions

Keywords

restaurant dining service

eatery meal provision

dine-in food offering

casual dining arrangement

culinary service operations

plated meal service

table dining establishment

restaurant catering service

food service provision

restaurant hospitality operations

canteen meal service

food delivery catering

institutional dining provision

mobile catering support

company canteen operation

mass meal supply

external catering provision

event meal catering

in-house food service

large-scale meal operations

Tender Lot Details

2 Tender Lots

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Workflows

Status :

Open

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

Yes

Nationwide :

No

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Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

PIN

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

Possible Competitors

1 Possible Competitors