Catering services

Tender description

The primary purpose of this PIN is to inform the market of prospective requirements for worldwide In-flight catering for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Prior to commencing a formal procurement process and to help inform our strategy/ requirements, as the Delivery Partner for the Ministry of Defence, Team Leidos would like to consult the market to establish the likely level of interest and identify further opportunities and potential issues. Scope of the known requirement is to include: a) Food, cleaning and removal of waste; b) Current locations: Canada, Germany, Kenya, UAE and Bahrain; c) Other locations worldwide (except United Kingdom which is excluded); d) Users include RAF Crew and passengers; e) New contract expected to start October 2017. It is our intention to invite those organisations who express an interest in this PIN to Supplier Engagement Meetings. The date and meeting venue to be confirmed. Please note this is not the start of a procurement process; a separate contract notice will be published to cover this requirement. To enable Team Leidos to finalise arrangements for the supplier engagement meetings, interested organisations are required to send an email (expressing their interest) to philip.taylor@leidos.com by no later than 17:00 (GMT) on 28.10.2016 including a list of your potential attendees and a brief of overview (or a website link) of the Goods/Services which might be offered.