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THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED

Find a Tender identifier: GB-COH-06124779 · Manchester, UKD33, GB

Procurement processes8
Open opportunities0
Awarded procurements5
Signed contracts4
Avg. awarded suppliers19.4
Avg. reported bids124
Highest reported bids124
Bid-count coverage1 of 8

Value and contract picture

Published value (GBP)£257,000,000
Average published value (GBP)£36,714,286
Signed contract value (GBP)£780,000,000

GBP totals only, so values in another currency are never silently mixed into the total.

Procurement methods

Open procedure
7
Not published
1

Top categories

Not published in the retained notices.

Most competitive procurements

Ranked by the number of bids reported by the buyer; a multi-lot procurement can report one count per lot.

ProcurementBids reportedValueStatus
Fresh Fruit & Vegetables and Associated Products124£45,000,000complete

Most frequent awarded suppliers

SupplierProcurements wonPublished award value (GBP)
Sysco GB Limited4£585,000,000
HARLECH FOODSERVICE LIMITED3£225,000,000
TURNER & PRICE LIMITED3£135,000,000
DUNSTERS FARM LIMITED2£315,000,000
ARTHUR DAVID (FOOD WITH SERVICE) LIMITED2£180,000,000
MULTIHOPE LIMITED2£90,000,000
MCLAYS LIMITED2£45,000,000
Tamar Fresh Ltd2£45,000,000
KENT FROZEN FOODS LIMITED2Value not published
TAMAR FRESH LIMITED2Value not published

Recent and open procurements

ProcurementStatusDeadlineValue
Milk, Dairy, Bread & Baked Goodscomplete6 Mar 2026£20,000,000
Sandwiches and Associated Products (2026 - 2030)complete18 Mar 2026£80,000,000
Fresh Butchered Meat and Poultry and Associated Products (2026 - 2030)complete23 Mar 2026£32,000,000
Food & Drink Conceptscomplete5 Jun 2026£40,000,000
Fresh Fruit & Vegetables and Associated Productscomplete10 Jun 2026£45,000,000
Light and Heavy Catering Equipment and Associated ServicesplannedNot publishedValue not published
Convenience RetailplannedNot published£40,000,000
GFC27 Supply & Distribution of Grocery, Frozen, Chilled & Catering SuppliesplannedNot published£0

How to read these figures

Supplier count means distinct suppliers named in awards, not all bidders. Bid counts are published aggregate statistics, not a list of submitted bids. Award and contract data currently comes from the latest retained OCDS record for each procurement process.