YPO - 000985 YPO New Food Deal
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The submission route named on the official notice.
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.
YPO publishes Food & Beverages work continuously — 28 notices, roughly one every 55 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
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YPO are looking for Suppliers to be appointed onto a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply and distribution of various Food Service categories direct to YPO customers, typically for use in the education sector, NHS, public sector buildings, charitable status organisations such as housing organisations and care homes, care catering, the prison service and sheltered housing within the public sector.
The DPS is designed to meet the needs of all public sector organisations which include YPO’s internal requirements and any of YPO’s wholly owned associated or subsidiary companies.
The end customer will place the order/s with the Provider and the Provider will deliver direct to the end customer.
What the notice asks for
The end customer will place the order/s
The end customer will place the order/s with the Provider and the Provider will deliver direct to the end customer.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
What this notice demands of you
2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
YPO are looking for Suppliers to be appointed onto a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply and distribution of various Food Service categories direct to YPO customers, typically for use in the education sector, NHS, public sector buildings, charitable status organisations such as housing organisations and care…
YPO - 000985 YPO New Food Deal
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What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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- ocds-h6vhtk-04a6eb
- Stage
- tender · Open
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- 032328-2024
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