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title: "Inpatient Catering Meals and Services"
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# Inpatient Catering Meals and Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/inpatient-catering-meals-and-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054729). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East of England Community and Health Care NHS Trust: "Inpatient Catering Meals and Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £7,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [East of England Community and Health Care NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-of-england-community-and-health-care-nhs-trust-GB-PPON-PDCT-6296-BWNQ)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £7,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/inpatient-catering-meals-and-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054729#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-054729`

## 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/inpatient-catering-meals-and-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054729#tl-md)

## Description
Provision of Inpatient catering meals and associated services to an NHS Trust. This managed service includes the provision and delivery of cook chill and or cook frozen patient meals to a number of mental health ward environments. Please note that this procurement is likely to be run as a further competition from the NHS Supply Chain Food framework offerings. Any dates listed in this notice are working estimates only and are subject to change.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 55520000

- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2025 to 31/10/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031719-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-12T05:37:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:30:58.787Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-054729