National Catering Service Framework
Details
- Topic
- Catering services
- Published
- 9 October 2025
Tender description
The Scottish Police Authority intends to publish a tender which will establish a Catering Framework for locations across Scotland. This contract aims to achieve the following: Provide nutritionally balanced meal packs to officers. Standardise packed meal provision across Scotland for operational and event deployments. Accommodate a range of dietary requirements. Ensure compliance with food labelling regulations, particularly regarding allergens. Confirm that the provider holds all necessary Food Hygiene certifications. Ensure compliance with Health & Safety standards and that the provider is a licensed catering operation. Verify that the provider meets Police Scotland’s mandatory vetting requirements. Deliver best value and explore opportunities for value-added services. Promote sustainable practices throughout the supply chain, including responsible sourcing, packaging, recycling, and waste disposal. Ensure provider staff are paid at least the minimum living wage, ideally the Scottish Living Wage. Lot 2: Scottish Borders and Dumfries & Galloway To put in place a compliant, transparent and robust framework of suppliers for the supply and delivery of nutritionally balanced packed meals for Officers to have during their meal breaks whilst on deployment throughout Scotland.. Police Scotland: Provision of Catering & Hospitality Services Talking Tenders Police Scotland Thursday 27 November 2025, 10:00-11:30am Webinar Find out more about the Scottish Police Authority (SPA)'s national tender process to formalise provision of catering and hospitality for the whole of the organisation to cover all of Scotland. Lot 1: Greater Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Ayrshire and Jackton To put in place a compliant, transparent and robust framework of suppliers for the supply and delivery of nutritionally balanced packed meals for Officers to have during their meal breaks whilst on deployment throughout Scotland.. Police Scotland: Provision of Catering & Hospitality Services Talking Tenders Police Scotland Thursday 27 November 2025, 10:00-11:30am Webinar Find out more about the Scottish Police Authority (SPA)'s national tender process to formalise provision of catering and hospitality for the whole of the organisation to cover all of Scotland. Lot 3: Forth Valley, Edinburgh, Fife and The Lothians To put in place a compliant, transparent and robust framework of suppliers for the supply and delivery of nutritionally balanced packed meals for Officers to have during their meal breaks whilst on deployment throughout Scotland.. Police Scotland: Provision of Catering & Hospitality Services Talking Tenders Police Scotland Thursday 27 November 2025, 10:00-11:30am Webinar Find out more about the Scottish Police Authority (SPA)'s national tender process to formalise provision of catering and hospitality for the whole of the organisation to cover all of Scotland. Lot 4: Aberdeeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray To put in place a compliant, transparent and robust framework of suppliers for the supply and delivery of nutritionally balanced packed meals for Officers to have during their meal breaks whilst on deployment throughout Scotland.. Police Scotland: Provision of Catering & Hospitality Services Talking Tenders Police Scotland Thursday 27 November 2025, 10:00-11:30am Webinar Find out more about the Scottish Police Authority (SPA)'s national tender process to formalise provision of catering and hospitality for the whole of the organisation to cover all of Scotland. Lot 5: Tayside To put in place a compliant, transparent and robust framework of suppliers for the supply and delivery of nutritionally balanced packed meals for Officers to have during their meal breaks whilst on deployment throughout Scotland.. Police Scotland: Provision of Catering & Hospitality Services Talking Tenders Police Scotland Thursday 27 November 2025, 10:00-11:30am Webinar Find out more about the Scottish Police Authority (SPA)'s national tender process to formalise provision of catering and hospitality for the whole of the organisation to cover all of Scotland. Lot 6: Highlands & Islands To put in place a compliant, transparent and robust framework of suppliers for the supply and delivery of nutritionally balanced packed meals for Officers to have during their meal breaks whilst on deployment throughout Scotland.. Police Scotland: Provision of Catering & Hospitality Services Talking Tenders Police Scotland Thursday 27 November 2025, 10:00-11:30am Webinar Find out more about the Scottish Police Authority (SPA)'s national tender process to formalise provision of catering and hospitality for the whole of the organisation to cover all of Scotland.
Timeline
- Completed: Pre-tender published9 October 2025Current notice
About the buyer
Scottish Police Authority is the national policing body for Scotland, a blue light authority that is the contracting authority for itself and Police Scotland. Police Scotland carries out the day-to-day procurement function on the Authority's behalf. A Procurement Strategy is published every three years under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, with an annual report alongside it. The Resources Committee gives the Board oversight of contracts and capital investment plans.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Police Authority's contract awards have been in transport equipment, architectural and engineering services and IT services.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-police-authority.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-police-authority.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-police-authority.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-police-authority.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-police-authority.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-police-authority.gov |
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