Official UK procurement notice
Catering Services for Cleveland Police
Authority: The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Cleveland is conducting a market engagement exercise to better understand the catering services available for Cleveland Police estates. The PCC is therefore seeking to engage with suppliers who can offer high-quality, and sustainable catering solutions for police officers, staff, and others.
This exercise will inform the development of a future procurement process, with formal tender documents expected to be issued in December 2025.
Location of Services
The Authority is seeking a supplier(s) to provide canteen facilities and catering services at two primary locations:
- Middlesbrough District Police Station, Bridge Street West, Middlesbrough, TS2 1AB (M8)
- Cleveland Police Central Headquarters, 1 Cliffland Way, Hemlington, Middlesbrough, TS8 9GL (CSH)
Additional sites within Cleveland estate may be added during the contract term.
Note: these sites are not available for the public to access.
Catering Service Provision
The catering service provision is intended to include:
- The operation of canteen facilities at the above two sites with a café-style service offering hot and cold 'grab and go' food and beverages. The expected operating hours for both sites are:
o Monday - Friday:
08:00-15:00
o Weekends:
CHS: 10:00-13:00
M8: 09:00-13:00
- Provision of ad hoc hospitality catering for meetings and events and operational training sessions
- Provision of catering for operational planned requirements
Equipment
A range of canteen and catering facilities will be provided by the PCC for use. Full details of this equipment will be included at the tender stage.
Staff at each location
The number of staff and volunteers working at each location is estimated to be approx.
- CSH: 600
- M8: 800
Please note that while the total number of staff and volunteers at each location has been provided, this figure is for information purposes only and does not reflect actual canteen usage.
Vetting
All supplier personnel will be required to undergo security vetting clearance at NPPV Level 3.
CPV: Catering services
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How The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland buys Catering services (CPV 5552), and who usually turns up
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Nov 2025, 17:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2025, 17:32 GMT
- Authority reference
CPC-0002143- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073741- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Nov 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published349 days ago13 Nov 2025, 17:29 GMT
- Market engagement341 days ago21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
If you are interested in this opportunity, please provide answers to the following questions and email them to Procurement1@cleveland.police.uk by 12 noon on Friday 21st November 2025.
- Are you an SME?
- Are you based within the within Cleveland (Hartlepool, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland areas)?
- Are you interested in tendering for the provision of catering services at all sites listed in the advert? If No; please give your reasoning for this.
- Are you interested in tendering for the provision of all service requirements outlined in the advert? If No; please give your reasoning for this
The subsequent tender process will be conducted via InTend, the Force's E-Tendering portal.
To bid for the contract, Suppliers must be registered on Intend. If you are not already registered, you can do so free of charge at: sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd ↗
A guide to support your registration can be found here:
- Contract starts211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Nov 2025, 17:29 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Nov 2025, 17:32 GMTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Updated contact details to include email address.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender