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Catering Equipment Servicing and Maintenance
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Published value
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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Royal Household: "Catering Equipment Servicing and Maintenance". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | The Royal Household | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The Royal Household
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for The Royal Household. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
10.6Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Ian Williams LtdTop vendor: 100% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 10 active published awards; 8 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Williams Ltd | 1 win | £1,200,000 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Royal Household | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published29 Apr 2026, 11:05 BST | Last source update29 Apr 2026, 11:05 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationNot published | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-054dd3 | ||
What is being bought
The Royal Household is seeking a supplier to service and maintain all catering equipment across the London and Windsor estates: Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace, Clarence House, Kensington Palace and Windsor Castle.
The scope of this contract includes:
a. Planned testing and maintenance of catering equipment across all sites detailed above.
b. Reactive maintenance of catering equipment across all sites detailed above.
c. Standby support at all major planned events on site, and ability to attend a call-out from the Royal Household Property Section (RHPS) to an in-scope site within 2 hours and make safe within 4 hours – 24 hours a day, all year round.
d. Providing quotes on request for replacement catering equipment, including electric equivalent appliances where the current appliance is gas fired.
e. Performance of all maintenance services in accordance with regulatory requirements and recommendations (e.g. O&M manuals and manufacturer’s recommendations).
f. Undertaking full functional and safety checks on all in-scope plant, assets, equipment and associated parts and replacement consumables to ensure full compliance with European and British Standards, Building and Fire Safety Regulations, and other statutory and legislative minimum standards (including F-Gas REFCOM, or an equivalent, and Gas Safe).
g. Updating and maintaining asset schedules for plant and equipment covered by this contract through the RHPS’ CAFM system (INVIDA).
This tender notice is for the award of a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023. The procedure in this instance will consist of completion of a Procurement-Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) (stage 1) and an Invitation to Tender (stage 2).
Tenderers will need to email the Royal Household Procurement team (procurement@royal.uk) to request access to the PSQ. Tenderers will need to sign up to the Royal Household’s e-Sourcing platform, Delta, in order to access and return the PSQ in stage 1 and the ITT in stage 2, as well as submit clarification questions. Sign up link: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/signup.html?userType=supplier.
Note that only up to the five highest-scoring responses in stage 1 will be invited to participate in stage 2.
This tender will not be split into lots.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
29 Apr 2026, 11:05 BST - tender value changed
6 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMT - Status changed to complete
6 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMT - Official notice release published
6 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMT - Published value updated to £650,000
16 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST - Status changed to active
16 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST - Official notice release published
16 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST - Buyer information updated
16 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
29 Apr 2026, 11:05 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 18 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT · £795,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards McFarlane Telfer Ltd Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £795,000 · signed 18 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT · active Contract period: 19 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT — 17 Jan 2029, 23:59 GMT |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
The Royal Household
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PGLT-2499-PJTMDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
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