Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Business and Hospitality Staffing Services for British Embassy Tokyo
Notice Description
Provision of temporary casual staffing for events catering, including casual chefs, stewards, and housekeepers
Planning Information
This EME aims to gather expressions of interest from potential providers and assess the level of market participation. Interested participants are requested to register and participate through the e-procurement portal, Jaggaer.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05481f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032110-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
55520000 - Catering services
98513300 - Temporary staff for households
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £767,750 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 17 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
- Contact Name
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Contact Email
- mnlprocurement@fcdo.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2AH
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032110-2025
13th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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