Vending Machine Services, and Vending Machine Concepts and Innovation DPS (2025 - 2029)
The submission route named on the official notice.
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.
Tuco Ltd has published 44 notices across all categories, and 89% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.
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Suppliers are invited to submit a tender 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 agreement for Vending Services, Regional suppliers are welcome to bid for each Lot.
The agreement is a dynamic purchasing agreement (DPS) which means new suppliers can be added to the agreement throughout the life of the system (at intervals stated in procurement documents) as long as they pass the first stage tender process.
Once successfully on the DPS, over the life time of the system you may be invited to complete a second stage tender in order to bid for individual contracts.
The DPS consists of 7 Lots, details of lot structure is available in the procurement documents.
The timetable set out in the tender document is indicative only and issubject to amendment at any time.
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
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
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- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e64e
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 006669-2025
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