TenderlineUK
Procurement Intelligence
Official OCDS
Find a Tender
Open for tender
Official procurement procedure

Catering Services

services
Competitive flexible procedure
Canteen and catering services
Catering services
West Midlands (UKG12)
Open submission portal
Official notice
Published value
£425,000
Submission deadline 22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner: "Catering Services". Published status: active. Published value: £425,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: sell2.in-tend.co.uk.
Contracting AuthorityWest Mercia Police and Crime CommissionerScope & CategoriesSERVICES (1 lot)Submission Window
15d 13h left
22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission Gateway
In-tend Electronic Procurement
sell2.in-tend.co.uk
Legal Basis & Regime2023/54 · Competitive flexible procedure · Above thresholdEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£425,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
Not availableNo published reports
Bid counts are not published for this buyer
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 5 active published awards; 0 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityWest Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner
Procedure methodCompetitive flexible procedure
Procurement categoryservices
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdYes
Legal basisUKPGA · 2023/54
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadline22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submissionallowed
Submission languagesen
Published28 Aug 2026, 12:37 BST
Last source update28 Aug 2026, 12:37 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCanteen and catering services, Catering services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG12)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d204
How to participate
Open submission portal
Submission methodNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Clarification deadline22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission languagesen
Expression of interest deadline22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
E-Sourcing Portal
In-tend Electronic Procurement
Open portal
Submission instructions
https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictenders
What is being bought
West Mercia Police (the Authority) is conducting an open competitive flex two-stage tender under the Procurement Act 2023 for the provision of Catering Services. All details are contained within the tender documentation. The contract is go live on the 1st April 2027. The first stage of the two-stage process is a Conditions of Participation (CoP) pass/fail stage. All documents will be provided as part of this stage however, only the CoP document is required to be completed and submitted by the deadline of 12pm noon on the 22nd September 2026. Those bidders successful in stage 1 CoP will be invited to participate in stage 2 ITT whereby, site visits will be arranged and a formal ITT response is required by 12pm noon on the 26th October 2026 based on a price and quality weighting. Pre-market engagement was undertaken under - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069753-2026? Tender Link- https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictender-details?tid=672e08af-82b5-496d-8d0b-b3fc4cd28711 We look forward to your organisation participating in this exercise.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £425,000
    28 Aug 2026, 12:37 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    28 Aug 2026, 12:37 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    28 Aug 2026, 12:37 BST
  4. Status changed to planning
    23 Jul 2026, 13:59 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    23 Jul 2026, 13:59 BST
  6. Buyer information updated
    23 Jul 2026, 13:59 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published valueAED 425,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
    Eligibility
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / renewal2x 12 months
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    23 Jul 2026, 13:59 BST
  2. Procedure published
    28 Aug 2026, 12:37 BST
  3. engagement
    5 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Participation in RFI exercise.
  4. Submission deadline
    22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PJHH-5271-ZMQP
View buyer profile
Documents (4)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published