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title: "Invitation to Tender for Catering Provisions"
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# Invitation to Tender for Catering Provisions

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-catering-provisions-ocds-h6vhtk-035f2a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Orkney Islands Council: "Invitation to Tender for Catering Provisions". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Orkney Islands Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/orkney-islands-council-ons-s12000023)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering supplies
- **Delivery Location:** UKM65
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035f2a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-catering-provisions-ocds-h6vhtk-035f2a#tl-md)

## Description
Orkney Islands Council has a requirement to appoint suppliers / providers in relation to the supply and delivery of catering products to a number of authority establishments throughout Orkney.
The required provisions are as follows:
Fresh Milk, Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Potatoes, Fresh Fish, Fresh Butchers Meat, Bread and Morning Goods,
Frozen Food, Groceries and Provisions and Dairy Products.
The Contracts will be collaborative in conjunction with Orkney Islands Council
and NHS Orkney (Balfour Hospital).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 39222000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Orkney Islands Council and NHS Orkney have a requirement for the supply and delivery of catering supplies to a number of OIC and NHS Orkney establishments throughout Mainland Orkney, including the linked isles of Burray and South Ronaldsay and the in...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022692-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-16T15:11:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T10:01:53.457Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035f2a