Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 10 Jun 2025, 13:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Vending Services Across Multiple Depot Sites

Official notice

Authority: Ubico Ltd (Public body)

GoodsBelow thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£160,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ubico 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

[email protected]

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 published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2028 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure 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)
Steam, hot water and associated productsVending machinesWater coolers
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05460d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Jun 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 13:21 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    18 Jun 2025, 09:39 BST
  3. Market engagement
    20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    Interested suppliers are invited to express their interest and may be asked to complete a short questionnaire

  4. Tender notice expected
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts390 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 13:21 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Jun 2025, 09:39 BST
    UK2
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

UBICO LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 07824292 · GB-PPON: PPZT-4245-XXTP Central Depot, Cheltenham, South West, GL51 9JZContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure