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Awarded · ResultStage · award

University Of Edinburgh

Temporary Hospitality, Catering and Events Staff for ACE

Business ServicesCPV 79620000
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published21 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
Blue Arrow + 2 more

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
Elliot Freeman
Elliot.Freeman@ed.ac.uk
+44 1316502759

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

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.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The University's Accommodation, Catering and Events (ACE)

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.

02

To ensure continuity of these critical services

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.

03

Agency workers are engaged only where

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.

04

The purpose of this procurement is

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.

05

This project is looking to establish

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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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0596b2
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
068698-2026
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