Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Vending Services Across Multiple Depot Sites
Authority: Ubico Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUbico is conducting a preliminary market engagement exercise to inform a forthcoming procurement opportunity for the provision of vending services. The aim is to engage with potential suppliers to better understand the market's capacity, capability, and interest in delivering these services across multiple depot sites.
Scope of Services
The potential contract will cover the supply, installation, and ongoing management of the following equipment:
Hot Drink Vending Machines (free vend, touch-free, telemetry-enabled)
Snack Vending Machines (cash and contactless payment, healthy/snack options)
Water Dispensers and Boilers (mains-fed, bottled, WRAS approved)
The service will include replenishment, hygiene maintenance, fault response, preventive servicing, and sustainability reporting.
Contract Term
The intended contract duration is three years, comprising an initial term of two years with the option to extend for one additional year.
Key Service Requirements
Daily remote monitoring via telemetry
Adherence to depot PPE and H&S standards
Scheduled maintenance and hygiene servicing
Comprehensive monthly reporting (vend volumes, faults, service logs)
Environmental considerations: energy-efficient equipment, sustainable logistics
Supplier Participation
Interested suppliers are invited to express their interest and may be asked to complete a short questionnaire.
Next Steps
Please register your interest by 20th June by contacting:
Marius Pruteanu
Procurement Specialist
This is not a call for competition but a genuine pre-procurement consultation.
CPV: Steam, hot water and associated products · Vending machines · Water coolers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jun 2025, 13:21 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jun 2025, 09:39 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033140- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05460dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Jun 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 5 dates- Planning notice published10 Jun 2025, 13:21 BST
- Latest notice published18 Jun 2025, 09:39 BST
- Market engagement20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Interested suppliers are invited to express their interest and may be asked to complete a short questionnaire
- Tender notice expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Jun 2025, 13:21 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Jun 2025, 09:39 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
We've updated the location from "England-wide" to "South West" to reflect the region where our facilities are based.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender