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Ambient ready meals for on board catering
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £700,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Sun 23 Apr 2023, 17:00 BSTClosed.
- Published
- 23 Mar 2023
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
XC Trains Limited (XC) will be conducting a private tender for the purchase of ambient ready meals for the on-board catering offering.
Due to limited space available on-board and limited equipment, XC is looking to introduce an ambient meal for First Class with the view to extend for retail in the future.
Suppliers are required to abide to all relevant UK food standards.
Deliveries need to be made to the following stations: Birmingham New Street, Bristol and Reading.
XC will seek pricing for the following:
- a smaller ambient meal in the style of a starter/tapas - the meal should not require refrigeration or heating before serving with a shelf life higher than 3 months.
- a more substantial option such as a ready meal. This meal may be heated in the on-board microwave. It should require minimal preparation (no decanting of products) and able to be stored at ambient temperature in a self-contained packaging that can be used to serve customers.
- a vegan option will be required for both types of meals
The packaging is required to be at least 85% recyclable.
Please register your interest and inform George Petre by 5PM on 23/04/2023
george.petre@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 15894200
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 23 Mar 2023Tender notice
Tender notice published 23 March 2023.
Deadline in this release: Sun 23 Apr 2023, 17:00 BST.
Release 008490-2023
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Mon 6 Apr 2026, 11:12 BST
- Read at
- Mon 26 Oct 2026, 19:39 GMT
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