RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · planning

The Association of North East Councils Limited

NEPO407 - Food and General Provisions

Food & BeveragesCPV 15000000
Value£200.0m
Deadline
Published18 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
professional.services@nepo.org

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£200.0mtotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£216.0m

This is a large award for Food & Beverages — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,386 valued Food & Beverages tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

NEPO is seeking to establish a multi-supplier, multi-lot framework for the provision of Food and General Provisions.

The solution will provide for the supply and distribution of food and general provisions to a variety of Contracting Authority establishments on behalf of NEPO Member Authorities, including but not limited to, schools and other public sector catering premises.

This preliminary market engagement notice provides advance notice to the marketplace of the tendering opportunity and NEPO's intention to undertake market consultation activities with suppliers to help shape the future framework.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The solution will provide for the supply

The solution will provide for the supply and distribution of food and general provisions to a variety of Contracting Authority establishments on behalf of NEPO Member Authorities, including but not limited to, schools and other public sector catering premises.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

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

ESPO / YPO / NEPOFrameworks & routes to market
NEPO is seeking to establish a multi-supplier, multi-lot framework for the provision of Food and General Provisions.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b7f9
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
057527-2026
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