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Darlington Catering

STUDENT LOANS COMPANY

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: STUDENT LOANS COMPANY

Buyer Address: Memphis Building Lingfield Point, Darlington, UKC13, DL1 1RW, United Kingdom

Contact Email: commercial_governance@slc.co.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
limited
Value
1242202.0 GBP
Published
06 Feb 2026, 14:56
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
01 Mar 2026, 00:00
Contract End
28 Feb 2029, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
55520000 - Catering services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
THE STREET COFFEE CO CAFE LIMITED
Official Source
Open Find a 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.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Awards

Award Title: Catering For Darlington

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