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THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED

Convenience Retail

Food & BeveragesCPV 15000000
Value£40.0m
Deadline
Published30 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
info@tuco.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£40.0mtotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£43.2m

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

The purpose of this planned procurement is to establish a closed Framework for the supply and distribution of Convenience Retail products and associated services to members and clients of TUCO Ltd.

This procurement will follow an Open Procedure under Procurement Act 2023 regulations.

The scope of commodities to be covered in the framework include Confectionery, Snacks and Soft Drinks, Cakes (Ambient, Chilled, Fresh and Frozen), Convenience Retail Non-Food, Cigarettes, Tobacco, E-Cigarettes and associated products, One Stop Shop including all products covered within lots 1 to 4 with the addition of grocery frozen and chilled retail items and alcohol.

We welcome suppliers that can deliver on either a local, regional or national basis.

It is envisaged that suppliers will be able to cover much of the scope of this agreement on a lot by lot basis.

The duration of this closed Framework is planned to be a maximum of 4 years in the format of a 2 year with one plus one year extensions.

We have an estimated start date of 1st July 2028 to 30th June 2030 with an optional 2 year extension in 1 plus 1 year extensions to 30th June 2032.

The framework agreement which will cover supply to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is likely to be split into 5 category specific lots.

The annual spend through the closed framework is estimated to be £10m.

The total spend through the open framework (over the maximum 4 years) is estimated at £40m

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The purpose of this planned procurement is

The purpose of this planned procurement is to establish a closed Framework for the supply and distribution of Convenience Retail products and associated services to members and clients of TUCO Ltd.

02

We welcome suppliers that can deliver on

We welcome suppliers that can deliver on either a local, regional or national basis.

03

It is envisaged that suppliers will

It is envisaged that suppliers will be able to cover much of the scope of this agreement on a lot by lot basis.

04

The framework agreement which will cover supply

The framework agreement which will cover supply to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is likely to be split into 5 category specific lots.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c083
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
061411-2026
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