Planning

Market Engagement for the Provision of a Coffee Bar Service at HDC Head Office

  • Huntingdonshire District Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-053612

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-059357

Published 3 September 2025, 3:13pm

Last edited 3 September 2025, 4:31pm

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Scope

Description

Huntingdonshire District Council is looking for potential providers to deliver a coffee bar service at its head office, Pathfinder House, in Huntingdon. It is envisaged that the coffee bar would serve barista style drinks, frappes & smoothies, snacks (biscuits, crisps etc) and daytime meeting refreshments. We would like to understand the provider market and gain some feedback from interested parties via a questionnaire.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 5 January 2026 to 4 January 2029
  • Possible extension to 4 January 2030
  • 4 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 55500000 - Canteen and catering services

Contract locations

  • UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Engagement

Engagement deadline

17 September 2025

Engagement process description

Interested providers can find out further details and access a short questionnaire via the following electronic form:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?prevorigin=shell&origin=NeoPortalPage&subpage=design&id=Yr5uzntVNkShnHZ-yizUUVLl5CYd0s9Hou27F4c-7GJUQjJYNUY5S0VUUERFTElUTU1KTUJKV1FOTi4u

It is anticipated that formal quotes/tenders will be invited shortly after the closure of the market engagement exercise. Providers who participate in the market engagement will not have an advantage in the subsequent competitive process over those who do not participate and all information will be shared with all interested providers.


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

19 September 2025


Procedure

Special regime

Concession


Contracting authority

Huntingdonshire District Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXCY-8219-LWDM

Pathfinder House St Mary's Street Huntingdon,

Cambridgeshire

PE29 3TN

United Kingdom

Region: UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government