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# Catering Services Contract for The Royal Academy of Music

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-contract-for-the-royal-academy-of-music-ocds-h6vhtk-03d7a3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Royal Academy of Music: "Catering Services Contract for The Royal Academy of Music". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.panacheconsultancy.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Royal Academy of Music](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-academy-of-music-urn-133861)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 July 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d7a3`

## 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-services-contract-for-the-royal-academy-of-music-ocds-h6vhtk-03d7a3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [panacheconsultancy.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.panacheconsultancy.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-contract-for-the-royal-academy-of-music-ocds-h6vhtk-03d7a3#participate

## Description
The Royal Academy of Music is a Conservatoire in London and a member of the Institution of the University of London, and offers Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses, and a Musical Teaching qualification (LRAM).
The Royal Academy of Music is seeking to partner with one catering services provider to deliver café, bar and hospitality catering services via multiple outlets on their site in London. In addition, the intention is to source a contractor with a company ethos that matches that of RAM and ensure that staff are motivated and given the opportunities for training and career development. The contractor must have a proactive approach to grow the meals uptake. Experience of similar education-based multi-site operations is vital.
The contract is scheduled to commence at the beginning of January 2024, with mobilisation through October 2023 to December 2023.  The contract will be for an initial 5 years, with a +1yr, +1yr extension clause at RAM's discretion (5+1+1).

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

- **Description:** The catering services contract is for 5 years (plus possible 2 year extension on a +1yr, +1 yr basis).
Independent consultants, Panache South, are assisting the Conservatoire with the facilitation of the procurement exercise.  Interested parties are ...

- **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%2F017399-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-19T15:36:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T09:53:32.848Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d7a3