FTS UK public procurement

Temporary Hospitality, Catering and Events Staff for ACE

University Of Edinburgh

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-0596b2
Tender value£3,600,0003 awards · 3 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 21 July 2026
Buyer
University Of Edinburgh
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV classification
79620000 — Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Tender period
Not supplied — 10 October 2025

Description

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.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

3 shown
Active

Hospitality and Events

Awarded
Not supplied
Award value
Not supplied
Suppliers
3
Signed contract
5 July 2026
Active

Domestic Services

Awarded
Not supplied
Award value
Not supplied
Suppliers
3
Signed contract
5 July 2026
Active

Kitchen Staff

Awarded
Not supplied
Award value
Not supplied
Suppliers
3
Signed contract
5 July 2026

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

8 parties
Buyer, CentralPurchasingBody

University Of Edinburgh

Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH1 1HT, United Kingdom

Supplier

Axis recruitment Ltd

Suite 3.2, 111 Union Street, Glasgow, UKM82, G1 3TA, United Kingdom

Supplier

Blue Arrow

9 Coates Crescent, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH3 7AL, United Kingdom

Supplier

Brightwork

Brightwork - 193 Bath Street, Glasgow, UK, G2 4HU, United Kingdom

ReviewBody

Edinburgh Sheriff Court

27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB, United Kingdom

Supplier

Navolio Limited T/A Off To Work

4 chiswell st, london, UKI, ec1y 4up, United Kingdom

Supplier

Reed Recruitment

201 West George Street, Glasgow, UK, G2 2LW, United Kingdom

Supplier

Search Consultancy

24 Longman Drive, Inverness, UKM6, IV11SU, United Kingdom

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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