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RM6409 Buying Better Food and Drink 2
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £800,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 28 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
This will be a replacement agreement to follow RM6279 Buying Better Food and Drink framework, which expires on 22/01/2028.
Of the £4.9bn, total Public Sector food spend, the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) has a market share <0.3%.
The procurement is planned as a single supplier framework (as per the current RM6279 agreement), where the opportunity for SMEs is a key benefit of the operational model, as buyers and the Tier 1 supplier can add SMEs to the supply chain for direct delivery supplies to customers at any time, via the Buyer Unique Line terms. The framework is designed to reduce barriers for SMEs to access public sector contracts to supply food and drink.
The framework will be suitable for all Public Sector buyers including central government organisations, devolved administrations and wider public sector organisations in the United Kingdom.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 03100000
- 03200000
- 03300000
- 03400000
- 15000000
- 15100000
- 15200000
- 15300000
- 15400000
- 15500000
- 15600000
- 15800000
Show the other 3 codes
- 15900000
- 55300000
- 55500000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 15 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 15 May 2026.
Release 045042-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 28 Oct 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 28 October 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 101839-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
06/ Questions
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07/ Tender hubs
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08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-069a4c
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 06:12 GMT
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 08:20 GMT
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