Darlington Catering
Details
- Supplier(s)
- THE STREET COFFEE CO CAFE LIMITED
- Value
- £1,242,202
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Catering services
- Published
- 6 February 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
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. ## Contract award Title: Catering For Darlington
Timeline
- Completed: Award date30 January 2026
- Completed: Award published6 February 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date28 February 2029in 2 years
About the buyer
Student Loans Company administers loans and grants to students across the UK as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Education. The Commercial Services team runs procurement across the organisation. Framework agreements are the first route, particularly through Crown Commercial Service and Scottish Government procurement. Contracts above the regulated threshold are advertised on Find a Tender. Suppliers register through the Central Digital Platform to bid for covered procurements. A forward pipeline lists upcoming opportunities ahead of the largest contracts. Delivery partners have joined through a technology transformation procured by competitive tender.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of Student Loans Company's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 55520000 · Catering services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov |
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