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STUDENT LOANS COMPANY

Darlington Catering

Value£1.2m
Deadline
Published6 Feb 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
commercial_governance@slc.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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The brief

Student Loans Company Limited are seeking to appoint an experienced catering supplier to operate within our offices at Memphis, Lingfield Point, Darlington, DL1 1AS.

The supplier should offer the 1,600 SLC employees based at this site and any visitors an excellent variety and quality of food that is reasonably priced and served efficiently.

The supplier will provide regular new innovative ideas to ensure that the offers remains fresh, meets employee needs and is more cost efficient than the surrounding competition, the supplier should also provide a professional, creative and excellent standard of hospitality catering service for meetings as required.

The successful supplier will need to be ready to commence the above services by the 1st of March 2026.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The supplier should offer the 1,600 SLC

The supplier should offer the 1,600 SLC employees based at this site and any visitors an excellent variety and quality of food that is reasonably priced and served efficiently.

02

The supplier will provide regular new innovative

The supplier will provide regular new innovative ideas to ensure that the offers remains fresh, meets employee needs and is more cost efficient than the surrounding competition, the supplier should also provide a professional, creative and excellent standard of hospitality catering service for meetings as required.

03

The successful supplier will need to

The successful supplier will need to be ready to commence the above services by the 1st of March 2026.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064a4e
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
011039-2026
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