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title: "East England Forest District Catering Concessions"
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# East England Forest District Catering Concessions

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/east-england-forest-district-catering-concessions-ocds-h6vhtk-03b798). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Forestry England: "East England Forest District Catering Concessions". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £12,500,000. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Forestry England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/forestry-england-gov-ea55)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £12,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Restaurant and food-serving services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKH3, UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b798`

## 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/east-england-forest-district-catering-concessions-ocds-h6vhtk-03b798#tl-md)

## Description
Forestry England has a future opportunity for the operation of the catering concession leases at Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest, Jeskyns Community Woodland, and Hole Farm Community Woodland. We anticipate that the leases will be for a period of up to 10 years. A full copy of the draft leases will be available in the tender documents to be published Summer 2023. The total value of the lease opportunities over the term will be in the region of: 
- £10million - Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest 
- £1.5million - Jeskyns Community Woodland 
- £1million - Hole Farm Community Woodland 
The leases will start: 
- January 2024 - Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest 
- April 2024 - Jeskyns Community Woodland 
- October 2024 - Hole Farm Community Woodland (provisional date subject to planning permissions and infrastructure build completion).

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 55300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ

- **Description:** Forestry England has a future opportunity for the operation of the catering concession lease at Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest. We anticipate that the lease will be for a period of up to 10 years. A full copy of the draft lease will be availab...

### Lot 2: Jeskyns Community Woodland
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 55300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ

- **Description:** Forestry England has a future opportunity for the operation of the catering concession lease at Jeskyns Community Woodland kiosk. We anticipate that the lease will be for a period of up to 10 years. A full copy of the draft lease will be available in...

### Lot 3: Hole Farm Community Woodland
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 55300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKH

- **Description:** Forestry England has a future opportunity for the operation of the catering concession lease at Hole Farm Community Woodland kiosk. This site is a new community woodland being created by Forestry England in partnership with National Highways. We anti...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009404-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-31T09:05:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T01:47:03.720Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b798