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2Gether Support Solutions Limited

Vending Services

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Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£1,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
Fri 22 May 2026, 12:00 BSTClosed.
Published
21 Apr 2026
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

2gether is looking for a supplier for the provision of smart retail, automated retail and vending services across multiple acute hospital sites within East Kent. They are

QEQM Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Margate

WHH William Harvey Hospital Ashford

KCH Kent and Canterbury Hospital Canterbury

RVH Royal Victoria Hospital Folkestone

BHD Buckland Hospital Dover.

Contract Length 3 years with 2 x 12 Months Extensions.

Estimated Contract start date from October 2026.

This will be subject to change.

The anticipated scope may include:

• smart retail and micro-market solutions;

• automated retail and vending services (where retained);

• out-of-hours and 24/7 food and beverage provision;

• associated equipment, technology, stocking, maintenance and replenishment;

• central helpdesk, performance reporting and governance arrangements; and

• commercial and performance management mechanisms appropriate to a regulated healthcare environment.

The services are intended to support safe, reliable and compliant access to food and drink for staff, patients and visitors, aligned to NHS food standards and wider public-sector objectives.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 42933000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 5 Feb 2026
    Planning notice

    Planning notice published 5 February 2026.

    Release 010460-2026

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  2. 21 Apr 2026
    Tender notice

    Tender notice published 21 April 2026. The source does not state what changed.

    Deadline in this release: Fri 22 May 2026, 12:00 BST.

    Release 036225-2026

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The notice gave a deadline of Friday 22 May 2026, 12:00 BST. It is no longer open for bids.

2Gether Support Solutions Limited published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £1,000,000.

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08/ Related

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Reference
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Source
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Stage
tender · Open
Last verified
Tue 28 Apr 2026, 08:13 BST
Read at
Mon 26 Oct 2026, 15:15 GMT

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