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title: "Catering Services (Pre Market Engagement)"
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# Catering Services (Pre Market Engagement)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-pre-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04bd3f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Thames Valley Police: "Catering Services (Pre Market Engagement)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Thames Valley Police](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thames-valley-police-GB-FTS-107697)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Canteen and catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04bd3f`

## 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-pre-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04bd3f#tl-md)

## Description
To provide catering services for:• onsite full catering service provision at Police Training Centre in Berkshire;• planned and unplanned policing events (24/7 365(6)) often at short notice and to include the full range of mobile catering equipment to support such an event (can vary in volume; length and provision);• office based-buffets and localised hospitality. Locations would include: Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Wiltshire* and Kent*.*(very infrequent).This may include options to divide the requirement into Lots, for example on site/office based buffet provision and operational provision.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 55500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of Thames Valley Police’s (TVP’s) intention to recommission Catering Services in 2025. TVP would like to understand the level & range of market service provider interest i...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037506-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-20T12:19:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T07:11:03.783Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04bd3f