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title: "Catering for STEAM - Museum of The Great Western Railway"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-for-steam-museum-of-the-great-western-railway-ocds-h6vhtk-06ee83"
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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-06ee83). 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: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £3,600,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Swindon Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/swindon-borough-council-ons-e06000030)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £3,600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Canteen and catering services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-for-steam-museum-of-the-great-western-railway-ocds-h6vhtk-06ee83#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ee83`

## 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-06ee83#tl-md)

## Description
Swindon Borough Council is seeking to explore future options for the delivery of conferencing, banqueting, special events and café catering at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon.
The Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) questionnaire have been produced to enable Swindon Borough Council to engage with potential suppliers and to understand the market and the potential interest in this opportunity.
Any information provided will only be used for research purposes. The supporting questionnaire does not constitute an Invitation to Tender process, and will not be judged against any criteria, nor will it inform any potential tender process in the future, and no award of any contract will be made as part of this process.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 55500000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2032
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F082173-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-28T12:04:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T06:59:57.531Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ee83