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Catering Equipment Servicing and Maintenance

Buckingham Palace · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 13:56.

Opportunity overview

The Royal Household is seeking a supplier to service and maintain all catering equipment across the London and Windsor estates: Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace, Clarence House, Kensington Palace and Windsor Castle. The scope of this contract includes: a. Planned testing and maintenance of catering equipment across all sites detailed above. b. Reactive maintenance of catering equipment across all sites detailed above. c. Standby support at all major planned events on site, and ability to attend a call-out from the Royal Household Property Section (RHPS) to an in-scope site within 2 hours and make safe within 4 hours – 24 hours a day, all year round. d. Providing quotes on request for replacement catering equipment, including electric equivalent appliances where the current appliance is gas fired. e. Performance of all maintenance services in accordance with regulatory requirements and recommendations (e.g. O&M manuals and manufacturer’s recommendations). f. Undertaking full functional and safety checks on all in-scope plant, assets, equipment and associated parts and replacement consumables to ensure full compliance with European and British Standards, Building and Fire Safety Regulations, and other statutory and legislative minimum standards (including F-Gas REFCOM, or an equivalent, and Gas Safe). g. Updating and maintaining asset schedules for plant and equipment covered by this contract through the RHPS’ CAFM system (INVIDA). This tender notice is for the award of a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023. The procedure in this instance will consist of completion of a Procurement-Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) (stage 1) and an Invitation to Tender (stage 2). Tenderers will need to email the Royal Household Procurement team (procurement@royal.uk) to request access to the PSQ. Tenderers will need to sign up to the Royal Household’s e-Sourcing platform, Delta, in order to access and return the PSQ in stage 1 and the ITT in stage 2, as well as submit clarification questions. Sign up link: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/signup.html?userType=supplier. Note that only up to the five highest-scoring responses in stage 1 will be invited to participate in stage 2. This tender will not be split into lots.

Awarded to

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McFarlane Telfer Ltd

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Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
18 Jan 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 03646063
Location
Maidenhead, UKJ11, SL6 3RT, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PPTO_0007
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Buckingham Palace
Id
GB-PPON-PGLT-2499-PJTM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGLT-2499-PJTM

Address

Street Address
Buckingham Palace
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 1AA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Name
Nik Vidler

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
McFarlane Telfer Ltd
Id
GB-COH-03646063

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
03646063

Address

Street Address
Unit B5 Westacott Business Centre, Westacott Way, Littlewick Green
Locality
Maidenhead
Postal Code
SL6 3RT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ11

Contact

Name
George Roberts-Smith

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
50800000
Description
Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-03646063
Name
McFarlane Telfer Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
18 Jan 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
19 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends
17 Jan 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
17 Jan 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The contract will run on a 3-year initial term, with a possible 2-year extension in one-year increments (subject to agreement).

Value

Including VAT
795,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
039046-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
29 Apr 2026, 11:05
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 1AA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 000858-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 039046-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·