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title: "KMPT Catering Services"
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# KMPT Catering Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/kmpt-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03a147). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust: "KMPT Catering Services". 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:** [Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-and-medway-nhs-and-social-care-partnership-trust-GB-FTS-19220)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03a147`

## 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/kmpt-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03a147#tl-md)

## Description
The Catering Service is an extremely important element of the clinical support function to the Trusts clinical care groups, and therefore there is a real desire to engage early with the market to inform the market of the opportunity. <br/><br/>The current contract is due to expire at the end of October 2023.<br/><br/>The Catering Service is made up of the following sub-services:<br/>•	Patient catering; <br/>•	Retail catering (including vending);<br/>•	Function / hospitality catering. <br/><br/>The sites which the Catering Service supports are:<br/>•	Dartford;<br/>•	Canterbury;<br/>•	Maidstone; <br/>•	Margate. <br/><br/>The above properties support circa 375 patient beds.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The tender will be released to market on 9 March 2023 under the open procedure. Additional information: The Trust would like to invite interested parties to a virtual pre-tender market engagement session on 15/02/23. The session will consist of a pre...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002852-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-30T18:18:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:55:21.306Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03a147