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"Organization of canteen meals for preparing and providing food for students from "Vasil Levski" Secondary School - Plovdiv".

"Организиране на столово хранене по приготвяне и предоставяне на храна за учениците от СУ "Васил Левски" - гр. Пловдив". — original title

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  1. Deadline: 2 November at 23:59 — 2 days left.
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What the buyer is looking for

1. The subject of the contract covers activities for the provision of services for preparing and providing /distributing/ food for students from the Vasil Levski Sports School. The scope of the contract includes: preparing and distributing lunch and dinner for school pupils. 2. The preparation and distribution of food (lunch and dinner) should be carried out in the catering establishments provided for the management of Vasil Levski Secondary School – Plovdiv, located at: Plovdiv, 1 Shesti Septemvri Blvd., namely: Building 56784.514.239.12 and Building 56784.514.239.10 of the Municipal Court and the Regional Court of Plovdiv, both intended to: building to catering. 3. Feeding should be organised as follows: - Lunch: from 12:00 to 13:30; - Dinner: From 6:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. If necessary, arising as a result of objective circumstances beyond the will of the contracting authority and/or the…

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… contractor, until the obstacles are removed, the preparation of the food may be carried out at an establishment of the contractor registered/approved under the Food Act. 4. For each week, the Contractor shall present to the Contracting Authority menus for two different diets for the days from Monday to Friday. Meals must be season-appropriate, with the “Weekly Menu” including: - Five-day lunch menu: 4.1. Soup, minimum weight - 0.250 kg.; 4.2. Main course lunch, minimum weight - 0,300 kg.; 4.3. Dessert (including fruit, drinks), minimum weight - 0.200 kg.; 4.4. Bread. - Five-day dinner menu: 4.5. Main course dinner, minimum weight - 0,300 kg.; 4.6. Dessert (including fruits, drinks), minimum weight - 0.200 kg. 4.7. Bread. Menus to be prepared by a nutritionist: engineer - food technologist or nutritionist or cook or chef-technologist; The menus for the current week shall be submitted for approval to the Assignor no later than 12:00 on the Friday of the previous week. 5. The request for the number of feeding students will be made by the Assignor daily until 16:00 on the previous day, and for Monday – until 16:00 on the fifth day.

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€579,150
Published16 Oct 2026
ProcedureПряко договаряне

Type of service

55 · Hotel & restaurant services
CPV 55524000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • The median procedure drew just one bid (17 procedures with a bid count); 76% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 17
  • 54% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (25 awards since 2024, spread over 12 companies). 46% went to new names.n = 25 awards since 2024
  • Not one of the 25 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 0%.n = 25

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.

Clement
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.
You don't need a GmbH or Ltd for this procedure — sole traders and freelancers may bid (Art. 19 Dir. 2014/24/EU). Eligibility counts, not legal form. More in the guide →

Who has won at this buyer so far

Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
АРХИМЕД 2 ООД32024–2026
КЛЕТ БЪЛГАРИЯ ООД32024–2026
ПРОСВЕТА-СОФИЯ АД32024–2026
ПЕДАГОГ 6 - ДЕЛЕВ, ЛУИЗОВА И С-ИЕ СД32024–2026
ЮНИВЪРС ЕООД32024–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.
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Deadline — Monday 2 November at 23:59

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 807 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 18 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 30 (median of 1,862 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.

Foreign bidders

Among 961 recorded awards in Bulgaria · Hotel & restaurant services over 3 years, no foreign winner yet — bidding here means being a pioneer.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

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