Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 6 May 2025, 10:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

247400 De Montfort University Catering : Market Engagement Exercise 2025

Official notice

Authority: De Montfort University (Education)

ServicesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 26 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrs 1 moends 1 Aug 2029 · up to 1 Aug 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

De Montfort University is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement with the catering and hospitality market for an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of our catering provision at the Leicester campus.

We are looking for operators to help realise our vision for a vibrant and inclusive catering offer. This will include a range of services across campus — such as food retail outlets, cafés, coffee shops, sandwich bars, hospitality for events, vending, seasonal and pop-up offers, and a campus retail shop — with a strong emphasis on quality, diversity, and innovation.

At this stage, any information gathered through this Exercise will inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase and is not part of a formal procurement process

Please find attached a summary of the opportunity and details on how to get involved. We welcome interest from both local suppliers and larger operators.

If you provide a service or range of products that our students and staff would find appealing and exciting please contact us

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch at : [email protected] Or register on : in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home ↗. and provide your return to the opportunity on line

CPV: Canteen and catering services · Catering equipment · Catering services · Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions · Catering supplies · Disposable catering supplies · Light catering equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs 1 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 – 1 Aug 2029 (3 yrs 1 mo) · up to 1 Aug 2036 with extensions
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 May 2025, 10:21 BST
Last source update
6 May 2025, 10:21 BST
Authority reference
247400 De Montfort University Catering : Market Engagement Exercise 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018988
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Canteen and catering servicesCatering equipmentCatering servicesCatering services for other enterprises or other institutionsCatering suppliesDisposable catering suppliesLight catering equipment
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050cda Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 May 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    6 May 2025, 10:21 BST
  2. Market engagement
    24 May 2025, 00:59 BST

    Complete questionnaire

  3. Tender notice expected
    26 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts120 days ago
    1 Jul 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 May 2025, 10:21 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-UKPRN: 10001883 The Gateway, Leicester, East Midlands, LE1 9BHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure