✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 15 Oct 2026, 15:11.
Opportunity overview
The Museum wishes to review its current onsite catering offer and is seeking to appoint a specialist catering advisor to help deliver the Museum's wider vision for supporting commercial development and improving the visitor experience.
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Phase 1 - Professional support, carry out service appraisal and provide recommendations.
Phase 2 - Provide procurement support.
Phase 2 will only be commissioned if the Museum decides to proceed following completion of Phase 1. The Museum is under no obligation to commission Phase 2, and no fees relating to Phase 2 will be payable unless that phase is formally authorised by the Museum.
Award criteria
Description
Methodology 40%
Relevant Experience and Capability 35%
Overall Price 25%
Total 100%
Scoring methodology is included in the tender brief document.
Buyer location · London · UKI33 · SW3 4HT · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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097483-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
The National Army Museum is seeking a specialist catering advisor to review its onsite catering offer, supporting commercial development and visitor experience objectives. This is an open tender for advisory services, not an evidenced contract to operate or provide catering.
Who this may suit
Best suited to specialist catering advisory providers with relevant onsite hospitality and visitor-attraction commercial advisory capability. Detailed scope and selection requirements are not provided in the supplied notice data.
Key points identified
Specialist expertiseSpecialist catering advisorEvidence: "seeking to appoint a specialist catering advisor"
ScopeReview the current onsite catering offerEvidence: "review its current onsite catering offer"
Strategic purposeSupport commercial development and improve visitor experienceEvidence: "help deliver the Museum's wider vision for supporting commercial development and improving the visitor experience"
93% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.
The National Army Museum is seeking a specialist catering advisor to review its onsite catering offer, supporting commercial development and visitor experience objectives. This is an open tender for advisory services, not an evidenced contract to operate or provide catering.
Who this may suit
Best suited to specialist catering advisory providers with relevant onsite hospitality and visitor-attraction commercial advisory capability. Detailed scope and selection requirements are not provided in the supplied notice data.
Key deliverables
Review of the Museum's current onsite catering offer
Specialist catering advice supporting commercial development and visitor experience
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Specialist expertise
99% confidence
Specialist catering advisor
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"seeking to appoint a specialist catering advisor"
Scope
98% confidence
Review the current onsite catering offer
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"review its current onsite catering offer"
Strategic purpose
97% confidence
Support commercial development and improve visitor experience
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"help deliver the Museum's wider vision for supporting commercial development and improving the visitor experience"
Supplier eligibility requirements
98% confidence
Unknown
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No eligibility, financial standing, insurance, company-size, or exclusion requirements are stated in the supplied opportunity fields.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Maximum contract value
99% confidence
£20,000
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Process value_max: 20000 GBP; Lot 1 value_amount: 20000 GBP.
Minimum contract value
99% confidence
Unknown
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Process value_min is null.
Pricing and payment terms
98% confidence
Unknown
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No pricing schedule or payment terms are stated in the supplied fields.
Delivery
Delivery location
95% confidence
UKI region, United Kingdom
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Delivery location: region "UKI", country "United Kingdom".
Buyer location
99% confidence
London, SW3 4HT, United Kingdom
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Buyer location: locality "London", region "UKI33", postal_code "SW3 4HT", country "United Kingdom".
Contract start and end dates
99% confidence
Unknown
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contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Open
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display_status: "open"; source_status: "active".
Procurement procedure
99% confidence
Below threshold - open competition
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procurement_method: "open"; procurement_method_details: "Below threshold - open competition".
Submission deadline
99% confidence
2026-11-04T10:00:00Z
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Process submission_deadline and Lot 1 submission_deadline: "2026-11-04T10:00:00Z".
Published date
99% confidence
2026-10-15T13:35:04+01:00
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published_at: "2026-10-15T13:35:04+01:00".
Lot structure
99% confidence
One active lot, with no supplied lot title or description
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Lot 1 is active; title and description are null.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Scope detail unavailable in notice data
98% confidence
The supplied fields provide only a high-level advisory brief; detailed activities, outputs, evaluation criteria and terms may be in the tender brief.
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The description states only that the Museum seeks "a specialist catering advisor" to review its onsite offer. A bidding document titled "Tender brief" is supplied.
Classification may not describe the actual supplier activity
99% confidence
The CPV is Catering services, while the narrative expressly seeks a catering advisor. Suppliers should rely on the tender brief for the precise scope.
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CPV 55520000: "Catering services"; description: "seeking to appoint a specialist catering advisor".
Lot detail absent
99% confidence
Lot 1 has a value and deadline but no title or description, so no lot-specific scope can be confirmed.
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Lot 1 title and description are null.
Commercial and delivery timetable incomplete
98% confidence
Contract start, end, minimum value, pricing and payment terms are unknown from the supplied fields.
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contract_start_at, contract_end_at and value_min are null; no pricing or payment terms are supplied.
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