Official UK procurement notice
KRFT - Patient and Retail Catering (Soft FM Services)
Authority: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of patient and retail catering at Kingston Hospital as per the (draft) specification provided upon request.
The Supplier shall provide a high-quality Catering Service which offers a range of appetising and nutritious food and drink to enable all customers to have a choice which reflects their dietary needs and tastes 24 hours per day, 365(6) days per year (or as specifically defined within the relevant section in the Catering Service Specification). The flexible Catering Service shall provide for changing customer needs and adapt to the nature of the service provided within the Authority.
CPV: Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 24 Jul 2025, 12:57 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2025, 12:57 BST
- Authority reference
W179204- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042750- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056565Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Jul 2025 → 26 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published24 Jul 2025, 12:57 BST
- Market engagement31 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust will shortly be using issuing an open tender to the entire market for their patient and retail catering services contract - in order to engage with SMEs to gain their input on the proposed scope and structure of the new contract, the Trust wish to share their draft specification and post 3 high level questions to gain valuable insight from the SME market.
If any SMEs wish to review the draft specification they are asked to request a copy of emailing efprocurement@stgeorges.nhs.uk using the subject line "KRFT Patient and Retail Catering - draft spec request."
Upon receipt of such requests, a copy of the draft specification will be emailed across. Thereafter, SMEs are asked to consider the following questions and provide responses to efprocurement@stgeorges.nhs.uk by midday Thursday 7th August 2025:
- Are there any aspects of the draft specification that you feel may present barriers to SME participation?
- Do you consider the scope, contract structure and service model to be appropriate and deliverable for SMEs?
- Are there any innovations, approaches or delivery models that you think should be considered to improve service quality or efficiency?
- Tender notice expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts185 days ago26 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Jul 2025, 12:57 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender