Official UK procurement notice
Grocery, Dried Goods & Frozen Products - 069-2026
Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionManchester Central is currently looking for a Contractor to supply groceries and frozen food products to Manchester Central Convention Complex, Junction, Manchester Town Hall Central Library, Runway Visitors Park and Manchester Town Hall. It is important that the services provider are the same across all site such as delivery times etc.
Estimated annual spend for groceries and frozen food is circa £622k. Spend is estimated on current supply and Manchester Central are unable to guarantee such levels of purchasing. The Contract will be for a period of two (2) years with a Manchester Central only option to extend for an addition twelve (12) months from the commencement date of services, with an anticipated Contract start date of November 2026
CPV: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,036,667
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 30
- Social Value: 20
- Price: 50
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 6 Aug 2026, 12:17 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 12:17 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 31 Aug 2026 – …
- Authority reference
DN823895- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074667- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dd8dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 31 Aug 2026, 12:30 BST
Timeline
6 Aug 2026 → 9 Nov 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published83 days ago6 Aug 2026, 12:17 BST
- Submission deadline58 days ago31 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened58 days ago31 Aug 2026, 12:30 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 11 days9 Nov 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- MANCHESTER CENTRAL CONVENTION COMPLEX LIMITEDReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.