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THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED
Catering Technologies and Services
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £11,200,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 16 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.
TUCO intends to establish an Open Framework for Catering Technologies and Services, covering technology solutions used by TUCO member institutions (higher education, further education, healthcare, local authority and other member organisations) to run their catering operations. The Framework is anticipated to be structured into nine Lots: Purchase to Pay (P2P) System; Menus, Recipes, Allergen & Nutrition Management; Food Safety & Compliance; Digital Signage; EPOS (Point of Sale); Greenhouse Gas Calculator; Food Waste Management Systems; Kitchen Management and Meal Plan Management Technology; and Customer Feedback Systems
Estimated annual value is £1.4m; £11.2m over 8 years
Open Framework (a scheme of successive frameworks under section 49 of the Procurement Act 2023), anticipated to be awarded following the Open procedure.
Suppliers interested in this opportunity are encouraged to complete, respond to the questionnaire through the link below and return by 6th November 2026.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q5WGRD3
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 30200000
- 48000000
- 72000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 25 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 25 September 2026.
Release 090870-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 16 Oct 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 16 October 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 098059-2026
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/ Related
Where to go next
These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-077a3d
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Sat 17 Oct 2026, 07:12 BST
- Read at
- Tue 20 Oct 2026, 16:13 BST
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