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Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
175_27 Catering Disposables
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £833,333Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Fri 11 Sep 2026, 12:00 BSTClosed.
- Published
- 10 Aug 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements.
We are establishing a catalogue framework for the supply of catering disposables, including paper and plastic cups, napkins and serviettes, food and freezer bags, wooden cutlery, cling film, foil and festive products. All products are for ESPO stock for resale via the ESPO Catalogue.
The Framework is divided into 2 lots.
Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 11 September 2026.
To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed):
(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 175_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen).
Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 32354800
- 39221130
- 39222000
- 37823100
- 39221200
- 33764000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 7 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 7 May 2026.
Release 041968-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 28 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 28 May 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 050097-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 10 Aug 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 10 August 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Fri 11 Sep 2026, 12:00 BST.
Release 075817-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Tender hubs
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08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-069374
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Mon 17 Aug 2026, 08:13 BST
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 04:06 GMT
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