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The University Caterers Organisation Ltd (TUCO Ltd)

Supply & Distribution of Innovative Food & Drink Concepts

Food & BeveragesCPV 15000000 15800000 15890000
Value£25.0m
Awarded29 Aug 2018
Published1 Nov 2018
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£25.0mtotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£27.0m

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.

The brief

The Supply & Distribution of Innovative Food & Drink Concepts to TUCO Members and Clients.

The requirement will be split by Lot to meet a variety of food and drink needs and TUCO are seeking to award to a number of suppliers within each of the Lots.

The primary area of supply is various fast food concepts such as Asian, American, Italian, other European, Healthy, Ice creams, gelatos and waffles and bread and coffee shop concepts as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink concept ideas like Smoothies, Slushies, Bubble Teas etc. along with any innovative food and drink technology for instance app-controlled equipment or self-serve devices.

All documentation is available via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/tuco/aspx/Home Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

Key requirements

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The Supply & Distribution of Innovative Food

The Supply & Distribution of Innovative Food & Drink Concepts to TUCO Members and Clients.

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Stage
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