Notice Information
Notice Title
Office Catering Services
Notice Description
Citizen are looking to gather information on a potential upcoming procurement exercise for catering services in an office environment. With this notice Citizen are looking to see if there are local SME providers for this service as a form of pre-market engagement and information gathering. The services would include providing an internal canteen / catering facility to serve our employees using the office space. The Citizen head-office is based in the West Midlands at the Birmingham Business Park in Solihull. This project is at its very early inception and have limited details to share at this moment, but interested parties are invited to contact our Procurement team on Procurement@citizenhousing.org.uk.
Planning Information
Please see scope for details.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a63c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061490-2025
- 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, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55500000 - Canteen and catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 14 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2027 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
- CITIZEN HOUSING GROUP LTD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@citizenhousing.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B37 7YN
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG32 Solihull
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Solihull
- Electoral Ward
- Bickenhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061490-2025
1st October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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