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Quick answer — Hertfordshire Catering LtdLast refreshed 30 May 2025

At a glance

Hertfordshire Catering Ltd has awarded £238.4m across 2 suppliers, with 5 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 90% · 1 open notice now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 67% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration90%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share67%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Hertfordshire Catering Ltd is a contracting authority, based in UKJ. Tracks 11 published notices and 10 awards on PublicSupply.

11
Notices published
10
Awards
2
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£3.7m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£9.9m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Hertfordshire Catering Ltd — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£4mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified9 · £234.7m
services2 · £3.7m

Instrument type

contract11 · £238.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 9Find a Tender: 2

Awarded contracts · 5 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Hertfordshire Catering Ltd is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
The Provision of Servicing and Maintenance For Kitchen EquipmentCatering Equipment Support Ltd£3.7mest.—active
The Provision of Servicing and Maintenance For Kitchen EquipmentCatering Equipment Support Ltd50883000£3.7m30 May 2025active
The Provision of Servicing and Maintenance For Kitchen Equipment—50883000£0—active
HCC Jan 2023 - The Provision of Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen FoodHCL/FOOD/019 - AWARDBFS Group Ltd T/A Bidfood15000000£215.0m01 Jun 2023active
HCC Jan 2023 - The Provision of Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen FoodHCL/FOOD/019—15000000£0—active
HCC Aug 2022 - PPME for the Supply of Ambient, Frozen and Chilled Food and Fresh Meat and Poultry—15000000£0—active
HPFT - 03/21 - PROVISION OF ENABLEMENT AT HOME FLOATING SUPPORT SERVICES - AWARD—85000000£16.0m13 Aug 2021active
HCC Feb 2022 - The Supply of Fresh Produce—15300000£0—active
HCC Nov 2021 - PPME for The Supply of Fresh Produce—15300000£0—active
HCC Feb 2021 - The Supply and Delivery of School Milk—15511000£0—active

Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
BG
BFS Group Ltd T/A Bidfood
1 contract · 01 Jun
£215.0m
90% of total
—
2
CE
Catering Equipment Support Ltd
2 contracts · SME · 30 May
£7.4mest.
3% of total
▼ 100%

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Food, beverages, tobacco
6 contracts
£215.0m
90%
Health & social work
1 contract
£16.0m
7%
Other
1 contract
£3.7m
2%
Repair & maintenance
2 contracts
£3.7m
2%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Food, beverages, tobacco
Health & social work
Other
Repair & maintenance
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

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Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Hertfordshire Catering Ltd has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

67%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
2
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ
Contact
Jay Cabeso
Email
procurement.contracts@hcl.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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