Scope
Reference
AFRS-02-2025-02
Description
Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is an Emergency Service that covers Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. Our Headquarters is currently situated in the Police & Fire Headquarters, Portishead. AF&RS have a total of 21 Fire Stations of which 7 are Wholetime stations, 3 are Whole-time and On-Call; and the remaining 11 are On-Call stations.
AF&RS are looking to procure a provision for packed lunches and buffet lunches that delivers to all AF&RS' sites and some external training sites (mostly within the Avon area) on both weekdays and weekends.
AF&RS current estimated annual requirement is 5500 standard lunches, which required approximately 400 deliveries across the AF&RS estate per annum.
Contract 1. Packed Lunches 2025-2027
Supplier
Contract value
- £160,600 excluding VAT
- £192,720 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
9 July 2025
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
9 July 2025
Standstill period
- End: 21 July 2025
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
23 July 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 August 2025 to 1 August 2027
- Possible extension to 1 August 2029
- 4 years, 1 day
Description of possible extension:
2 x 12 month extensions available
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 55520000 - Catering services
Information about tenders
- 2 tenders received
- 1 tender assessed in the final stage:
- 0 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
- 1 supplier awarded contracts
- 0 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Supplier
Wards Catering Ltd
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDQG-8973-VXVV
Willow View, Marshfield
Chippenham
SN14 8NU
United Kingdom
Region: UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. Packed Lunches 2025-2027
Contracting authority
Avon Fire Authority
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYYL-6479-DWHX
Valley Road
Portishead
BS20 8JJ
United Kingdom
Contact name: Harrison Rex
Telephone: 07484083748
Email: supplies@avonfire.gov.uk
Website: https://www.avonfire.gov.uk/
Region: UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government