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The University Caterers Organisation Ltd (TUCO Ltd)

Vending Machine Services and Vending Machine Innovation.

Industrial MachineryCPV 42000000 42900000 42930000
Value£15.9m
Awarded8 Aug 2021
Published27 Jul 2022
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£15.9mtotal contract value
median £100k
this tender£0£17.2m

This is a large award for Industrial Machinery — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,734 valued Industrial Machinery tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Suppliers are invited to submit tender details for the supply, delivery, installation, service and maintenance of vending machines, vending products, consumables and associated products including a fully managed vending service and self fill machine options.

Although this is a national framework agreement for vending services, regional suppliers are welcome to bid for each lot.

New innovation lots have been added to also include upcoming legislation.

Lot 1: Confectionery Snacks Ambient; Lot 2: Food including Sandwiches, Chilled and Hot Food; Lot 3: Beverages, bottles and Cans; Lot 4: Beverages, Hot Drinks; Lot 5: Fully Managed Service lot; Lot 6: Self-Fill Machines Only; Lot 7: Reverse Vending Machines; Lot 8: Retail Convenience Store Vending; Lot 9: Mobile Vending lot; Lot 10: Express Vending; Lot 11: Telemetry Systems.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Although this is a national framework agreement for vending services, regional suppliers are welcome to bid for each lot.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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