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title: "Cambridge City Council – Market Engagement Event – Community Cafes"
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# Cambridge City Council – Market Engagement Event – Community Cafes

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cambridge-city-council-market-engagement-event-community-cafes-ocds-h6vhtk-02f68a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cambridge City Council: "Cambridge City Council – Market Engagement Event – Community Cafes". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Cambridge City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cambridge-city-council-ons-e07000008)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services, Restaurant and food-serving services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f68a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cambridge-city-council-market-engagement-event-community-cafes-ocds-h6vhtk-02f68a#tl-md)

## Description
Cambridge City Council (CCC) is seeking to explore and understand the marketplace and are inviting all potential suppliers to attend this event.  The desired outcome of this soft market testing is to gain insight into the market, gauge the level of interest from potential providers and gather feedback on the feasibility of the Council’s proposals ahead of undertaking a procurement (or procurements) to secure a service provider (or providers).
Cambridge City Council wishes to conduct preliminary market consultations with interested parties in relation to five restaurant/café facilities at several locations across several council owned assets in the city.
CCC current team of project leads for each of the facilities will be in attendance and will be able to answer any specific questions around the delivery requirements.
If you are interested in attending this event, please notify Cambridge City Council via the portal by 5pm on Sunday 28th November 2021.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 55300000, 55520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028443-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-15T11:53:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:24:52.733Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f68a