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title: "Invitation to offer Cafeteria services"
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# Invitation to offer Cafeteria services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-offer-cafeteria-services-ocds-h6vhtk-049296). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust: "Invitation to offer Cafeteria services". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lancashire-and-south-cumbria-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rw5)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 September 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Cafeteria services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD42
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-049296`

## 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/invitation-to-offer-cafeteria-services-ocds-h6vhtk-049296#tl-md)

## Description
Café Opportunity at The Harbour
Location: Reception area, The Harbour, Windmill Rise, Blackpool, FY4 4FE
Key features: There is an upcoming opportunity to operate a café facility at one of our inpatient mental health hospitals in Blackpool.  The Harbour is a 154 bed hospital, which provides care and treatment for adults. 
The facilities included in the café include:
Area 	SQM
Kitchen Store 	6
WC 	3
Change 	3
Kitchen & Servery 	23
Dining area 	84
Sub Total 	119
The café space will be fully equipped with a kitchen including a coffee machine. 
Customer base: The hospital is staffed by approximately 200 day staff, and 150 night staff. Additional customers will be visiting professionals, patients and their visitors.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The Authority is seeking interest from organisations who have interest in operating a cafe concession at an active NHS Mental Health Hospital in Blackpool.
The cafe is fully equipped and has been operated for 10 years by a local charitable organisati...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026677-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-21T13:21:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T03:52:11.396Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-049296