Scope
Reference
247400 De Montfort University Catering : Market Engagement Exercise 2025
Description
De Montfort University is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement with the catering and hospitality market for an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of our catering provision at the Leicester campus.
We are looking for operators to help realise our vision for a vibrant and inclusive catering offer. This will include a range of services across campus - such as food retail outlets, cafés, coffee shops, sandwich bars, hospitality for events, vending, seasonal and pop-up offers, and a campus retail shop - with a strong emphasis on quality, diversity, and innovation.
At this stage, any information gathered through this Exercise will inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase and is not part of a formal procurement process
Please find attached a summary of the opportunity and details on how to get involved. We welcome interest from both local suppliers and larger operators.
If you provide a service or range of products that our students and staff would find appealing and exciting please contact us
If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch at : procurement@dmu.ac.uk Or register on : https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home. and provide your return to the opportunity on line
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 July 2026 to 1 August 2029
- Possible extension to 1 August 2036
- 10 years, 1 month, 1 day
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 39222000 - Catering supplies
- 39222100 - Disposable catering supplies
- 39310000 - Catering equipment
- 39311000 - Light catering equipment
- 55500000 - Canteen and catering services
- 55520000 - Catering services
- 55523000 - Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions
Contract locations
- UKF21 - Leicester
Engagement
Engagement deadline
24 May 2025
Engagement process description
Complete questionnaire
Participation
Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
26 August 2025
Contracting authority
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
- UK Register of Learning Providers (UKPRN number): 10001883
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@dmu.ac.uk
Region: UKF21 - Leicester
Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)