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title: "Catering for STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway"
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# Catering for STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-for-steam-museum-of-the-great-western-railway-ocds-h6vhtk-03d038). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Swindon Borough Council: "Catering for STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway". Published status: unsuccessful. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Jul 2023, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** UNSUCCESSFUL (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Swindon Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/swindon-borough-council-ons-e06000030)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 July 2023 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Canteen and catering services, Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-for-steam-museum-of-the-great-western-railway-ocds-h6vhtk-03d038#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d038`

## 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/catering-for-steam-museum-of-the-great-western-railway-ocds-h6vhtk-03d038#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-for-steam-museum-of-the-great-western-railway-ocds-h6vhtk-03d038#participate

## Description
A single catering partner with a proven track record is required to operate and deliver high quality food and beverage services to its three core business segments at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon: 1. Corporate Hospitality & Bar Service 2. Special Events 3. Cafe Current estimated turnover, non-exclusive, STEAM catering is £280,000 per annum, potential growth (up to £600,000 per annum) is demand led through the museum bookings. The initial contract term will be for 60 months with an option to extend for a further 24 months (2 periods of 12 months) for a potential total contract term of 7 years as stated in the ITT documents. Estimated contract spend is between £2,000,000 and £2,200,000 across the initial 5 year contract term and between £3,000,000 and £3,400,000 across the potential total 7 year contract term. Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 55520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 037181-2023-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037181-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-18T16:38:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T20:07:52.765Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d038