704_26 Outsourced Catering Services and Procurement Support

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

086445-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 55500000, 79418000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

20 Sept 2026

ESPO is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation offering a comprehensive range of procurement services, including access to over 100 free-to-access framework solutions for the wider public sector. This procurement establishes a framework to assist customers in education, social care and all other public sectors with outsourcing their catering services, including providing access to procurement consultants who can assist customers with this (in outsourcing their catering services). The Framework is divided into 4 lots. For any additional details please also refer to https://www.espo.org/outsourced-catering-services-and-procurement-support-704-26.html (or otherwise see https://www.espo.org/procurement-frameworks).

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Observed notice trail

How the published record developed

Events follow the publisher date where one is available. “Seen by Bidwake” is the date this service first found the record.

1. Planning notice observed

   12 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   020620-2025

   Published tags

   planning

2. Planning notice observed

   22 Oct 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   067484-2025

   Published tags

   planning

3. Tender notice observed

   27 Apr 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   038007-2026

   Published tags

   tender

4. Award notice observed

   17 Aug 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 19 Aug 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Lot 1. Outsourced Catering Services - Education

  Buyer: Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPOSupplier: ACCENT CATERING SERVICES LIMITED (04298350)

  End date in notice

  31 Aug 2028Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £200,000,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Lot 1. Outsourced Catering Services - Education

  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.
  • This value appears on 4 awards in the same procurement, so it is not included in summary totals.
  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  1

• Lot 1. Outsourced Catering Services - Education

  Buyer:

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Renewal information is statedLot 1Repeated in 2 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 22 Oct 2025.Open supporting notice 067484-2025
• Options are statedLot 1

  ESPO reserves the right to add or remove requirements throughout the life of the contract in line with the scope of the framework.

  Published 27 Apr 2026.Open supporting notice 038007-2026
• Renewal information is statedLot 1

  The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. ESPO may choose to use the extension period(s) where: • The framework is performing well • It continues to broadly meet customer needs ESPO reserves the right to implement the extension period in part, full, or in increments (such as x2 12-month periods). The total estimated framework value captured in this notice includes the option to extend in full as noted above. Note: The overall framework value has been automatically assigned to each lot in this notice as ESPO offers no guarantees or estimates of value that may pass through each individual lot (but the overall usage across all lots is not expected to exceed this overall framework value).

  Published 27 Apr 2026.Open supporting notice 038007-2026
• Options are statedLot 2

  ESPO reserves the right to add or remove requirements throughout the life of the contract in line with the scope of the framework.

  Published 27 Apr 2026.Open supporting notice 038007-2026
• Renewal information is statedLot 2

  The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. ESPO may choose to use the extension period(s) where: • The framework is performing well • It continues to broadly meet customer needs ESPO reserves the right to implement the extension period in part, full, or in increments (such as x2 12-month periods). The total estimated framework value captured in this notice includes the option to extend in full as noted above. Note: The overall framework value has been automatically assigned to each lot in this notice as ESPO offers no guarantees or estimates of value that may pass through each individual lot (but the overall usage across all lots is not expected to exceed this overall framework value).