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Light and Heavy Catering Equipment and Associated Services

Buyer: THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED →

BuyerTHE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published12 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The procurement is planned to establish a framework to replace an existing framework agreement for the purchase and installation of both light and heavy catering equipment. New lots are also being considered for maintenance of heavy equipment and kitchen design & installation including catering equipment. The duration of the framework is anticipated to be a 4-year framework. The annual spend through the framework (based on the spend on current 4-year framework) is estimated around £6.5 million and approx. £26 million over 4 years.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Catering equipment 39310000Repair and maintenance services of catering equipment 50883000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 15 Jul 2027 to 14 Jul 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Catering equipment, Repair and maintenance services of catering equipmentNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 39. The category anchor is Catering equipment (39310000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 392,6566 median · 50.4 average (1,238 of 2,656 with a bid count)5.8 average (1,340 of 2,656 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK74114 median · 132.7 average (333 of 741 with a bid count)10.8 average (362 of 741 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e243
Latest release ID076611-2026
Latest release timestampWed Aug 12 2026 10:04:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 Aug 2026planning076611-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
12 Aug 2026 · 076611-2026 · planning
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