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title: "Catering Tender at Lancaster House"
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# Catering Tender at Lancaster House

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-tender-at-lancaster-house-ocds-h6vhtk-042160). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "Catering Tender at Lancaster House". 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:** [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315)
- **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, Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042160`

## 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-tender-at-lancaster-house-ocds-h6vhtk-042160#tl-md)

## Description
Lancaster House is a Grade I listed building managed by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office providing a magnificent and historic setting for summits, conferences, receptions and other special events hosted to both internal and external clients. The FCDO is seeking a variety of caterers to be part of an accredited list for the dozens of events hosted in Lancaster House each year.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 55500000, 55520000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Events at Lancaster House range from ministerial lunches to conferences and receptions for up to 900 guests. To accommodate the varied requirements and number of events, the FCDO seeks to partner with high-quality, innovative and pro-active caterers ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035636-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-04T12:36:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T18:10:25.464Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042160