Notice Information
Notice Title
Royal Navy Catering Management System
Notice Description
risks and higher training costs impacting endurance accuracy, food spend, morale and retention. The Royal Navy needs an end-to-end solution to manage catering endurance that covers stores management, galley management, ordering, receiving, nutrition, finances, and best practice; that is intuitive, automated where possible and supports crew members to do their best work, significantly improving the lived experience of catering services and safeguarding public funds.
Planning Information
See attachemnt at this link for full details - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18031268-1d9c-439c-b672-5fe0eeccebce
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06499a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010755-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Feb 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 6 May 20263 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 6 May 2026 - 7 May 2026 24 hours
- 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
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- navycomrcl-rfi@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PORTSMOUTH
- Postcode
- PO2 8BY
- Post Town
- Portsmouth
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ31 Portsmouth
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Portsmouth
- Electoral Ward
- Nelson
- Westminster Constituency
- Portsmouth North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010755-2026
6th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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