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Published 22 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Grocery Products — UK public procurement notice

Authority: Corporate Officer of the House of Lords (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (15) Delivery: London (UKI)
Published estimate£4,000,000≈ £2.0m / year · £5,000,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 7 Dec 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsup to 4 yrs with extensions · starts 15 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords (the Authority) are undertaking preliminary market engagement in relation to a future procurement for the supply of grocery and dairy products across its various catering venues.

The purpose of this engagement is to obtain market feedback on the proposed requirements, service delivery model, and procurement approach. Information gathered during this exercise will help inform the development of the procurement strategy and tender documentation.

Interested suppliers are invited to participate in a market engagement exercise and provide feedback on the Authority's proposed requirements. Please note: participation in this engagement process will not provide any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.

CPV: Assorted dairy products · Bread products, fresh pastry goods and cakes · Dairy products · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Miscellaneous food products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 15 May 2027 — 14 May 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: London
Extensions
Extension options published
15000000 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products15500000 Dairy products15550000 Assorted dairy products15800000 Miscellaneous food products15810000 Bread products, fresh pastry goods and cakes

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Assorted dairy productsBread products, fresh pastry goods and cakesDairy productsFood, beverages, tobacco and related productsMiscellaneous food products
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0777db

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published1 day ago
    22 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
  2. Market engagementin 15 days
    8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTTo register your interest and participate in the Request for Information (RFI), please create an account on Atamis via https://atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com/s/Welcome . Once registered, search for the project and select “Express Interest” to access the RFI documents. If you experience any issues with registration, please contact the team at [email protected].
  3. Tender notice expectedin 75 days
    7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 233 days
    15 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Sept 2026, 15:56 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Corporate Officer of the House of Lords

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PRMR-5585-NTMY Westminster, LONDON, London, SW1A 0AA

Consortium members and other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure