Official UK procurement notice
Catering Services Provision for Lincolnshire Police
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInvitation to Pre-Market Engagement: Catering Services Provision
Lincolnshire Police provides an onsite in-house canteen provision at its Nettleham Police HQ site. The canteen provides a daily breakfast, lunch and snack service to our on-site staff and is open Monday to Friday 0800 – 1330 hrs.
We are seeking to engage with the market ahead of a potential procurement exercise for the provision of catering services at our HQ site.
This pre-market engagement aims to:
- Understand current market capabilities and innovations
- Explore potential delivery models and service options
We welcome input from suppliers of all sizes who can offer high-quality, sustainable, and cost-effective catering solutions tailored to our operational needs. Commercial details are to be discussed during pre-market engagement meetings. Costs and value of the contract are unknown at this point in time and shall be determined depending on the best approach for the Force.
The pre-engagement meetings shall take place at Force Headquarters or via TEAMS. If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a word document with details of attendees from your organisation and we shall contact you after Monday 13th October 2025 to arrange a suitable date and time for a meeting.
The above comes with the caveat that all pre-engagement activities shall be without any commercial commitment or prejudice.
Closing date for interest: 1700hrs on Friday 10th October 2025.
Please go to: sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictenders ↗ to express an interest in this market engagement
CPV: Canteen and catering services · Catering services · Catering supplies
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Sept 2025, 13:38 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2025, 13:38 BST
- Authority reference
CCM/1389- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059698- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a223Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
25 Sept 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published392 days ago25 Sept 2025, 13:38 BST
- Market engagement376 days ago10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
The pre-engagement meetings shall take place at Force Headquarters or via TEAMS. If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a word document with details of attendees from your organisation and we shall contact you after Monday 13th October 2025 to arrange a suitable date and time for a meeting.
Please go to: sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictenders ↗.
- Tender notice expected324 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts143 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Sept 2025, 13:38 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender