Temporary Hospitality, Catering and Events Staff for ACE

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

University Of Edinburgh

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

068698-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 79620000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

The University's Accommodation, Catering and Events (ACE) service operates a range of essential catering facilities that support students, staff, visitors and commercial activities across the University. To ensure continuity of these critical services, the University supplements its permanent workforce with temporary agency staff during periods of increased demand, seasonal peaks, planned events and where unforeseen staffing shortages arise. Agency workers are engaged only where the existing permanent workforce is insufficient to meet operational requirements, helping to maintain service continuity, customer experience and contractual commitments. The purpose of this procurement is to establish a Framework Agreement with suitably experienced staffing providers that have the capacity and capability to supply high-quality catering personnel at short notice, as and when required. The Framework value is indicative and non-committal. This project is looking to establish a new framework agreement with suppliers who have the resource and capacity to work with the University to provide catering staffing resources as and when required.

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Observed notice trail

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1. Award notice observed

   21 Jul 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 15 Aug 2026.

   Open this official Find a Tender notice

   Record references

   Release reference

   068698-2026

   Published tags

   award, contract

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Hospitality and Events

  Buyer: University Of EdinburghSupplier: Axis recruitment Ltd

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £1,600,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Hospitality and Events

  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 figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  068698-2026-1

• Hospitality and Events

  Buyer: University Of EdinburghSupplier: Blue Arrow

  End date in notice

  Date not published

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Options are statedLot 1

  One extension period of 24 months will be available for use at the University's discretion, meaning a potential contract duration of 48 months, or four years.

  Published 21 Jul 2026.Open supporting notice 068698-2026
• Options are statedLot 2

  One extension period of 24 months will be available for use at the University's discretion, meaning a potential contract duration of 48 months, or four years.

  Published 21 Jul 2026.Open supporting notice 068698-2026
• Options are statedLot 3

  One extension period of 24 months will be available for use at the University's discretion, meaning a potential contract duration of 48 months, or four years.

  Published 21 Jul 2026.Open supporting notice 068698-2026

No exact source-published process relationship was found.