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title: "The Royal Parks Catering Consultant/s - Early Market Engagement (Additional)"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-royal-parks-catering-consultant-s-early-market-engagement-additional-ocds-h6vhtk-048706"
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# The Royal Parks Catering Consultant/s - Early Market Engagement (Additional)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-royal-parks-catering-consultant-s-early-market-engagement-additional-ocds-h6vhtk-048706). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Royal Parks Ltd: "The Royal Parks Catering Consultant/s - Early Market Engagement (Additional)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £625,000. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Royal Parks Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-royal-parks-gov-ea41)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £625,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services, Catering services, Financial auditing services, Market research services, Market-testing services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048706`

## 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/the-royal-parks-catering-consultant-s-early-market-engagement-additional-ocds-h6vhtk-048706#tl-md)

## Description
The Royal Parks (TRP) are inviting suppliers to respond to our EME Questionnaire, found as per the link attached to this notice. TRP are undertaking this early market engagement exercise to gain information from the market to help inform us of establish levels of interest in the opportunity, gather information and test the feasibility of our needs against what is available in the market. This will allow TRP to discuss the outcomes needed and obtain feedback on our requirements to plan the optimal approach-to-market strategy. TRP’s is planning to tender an opportunity for a Catering Consultant/s to work in partnership with The Royal Parks to support the performance of the Catering provision through public sector tender opportunities using Concessions Contract Regulations (CCR2016) (and as per Procurement Act 2023 when it takes effect October 2024). *Note: the tender for this over all opportunity will be using PCR2015.

## Lots (3)
> **Shared lot scope:** TRP are undertaking this pre-market engagement exercise to establish levels of interest in the opportunity, gather information and test the feasibility of our needs against what is available in the market. This will allow TRP to obtain feedback on our requirements and plan the optimal approach-to-market strategy. TRP are considering tendering approaches with one of these being the development of a Framework with 3 Lots and the other a Single Contract with 1 supplier. On review of this EME, we ma...
> Applies to lots 2, 3.

### Lot 1: Lot 1 - Specialist Catering Consultant
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 55520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** TRP are undertaking this pre-market engagement exercise to establish levels of interest in the opportunity, gather information and test the feasibility of our needs against what is available in the market. This will allow TRP to obtain feedback on ou...

### Lot 2: Lot 2 - Auditing Services for Concession Catering
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

### Lot 3: Lot 3 - Mystery Diner (Visitor) Services
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79310000, 79312000, 79313000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024246-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-02T09:05:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:11:26.278Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048706