Official UK procurement notice
Supply and Installation of Industrial Catering Equipment
Authority: Sunderland City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products (39)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: North East (UKC23)
Framework ceiling (notional)£400,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 14 Oct 2025
Framework period 4 yrsends 30 Nov 2029 · starts 1 Dec 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply and Installation of Industrial Catering Equipment Framework for a 4 year period.
CPV: Catering equipment · Repair and maintenance services of catering equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Bids received
- 3 bids received
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2025
- Buyer regions
- UKC23
Who may buy through it
The Council intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities located in Sunderland
Published description of the framework
Sole supplier framework, with fixed pricing.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£400,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Supply and Installation of Industrial Catering Equipment” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- The Council intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities located in Sunderland
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Sept 2025, 15:01 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Dec 2025, 11:12 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Nov 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057775- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059d50Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: OPEN-UK
Access & registration note: Free
- Appointment period ends
- 14 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Submissions must be via the Open system
Timeline
18 Sept 2025 → 3 Dec 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published18 Sept 2025, 15:01 BST
- Clarification questions by382 days ago10 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends378 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown14 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by347 days ago14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent341 days ago21 Nov 2025
- Contract starts331 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published329 days ago2 Dec 2025, 11:12 GMT
- Standstill ends328 days ago3 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2025- Tender notice published18 Sept 2025, 15:01 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published21 Nov 2025, 13:58 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Nov 2025, 13:58 GMT
- Procurement termination notice published2 Dec 2025, 11:12 GMTUK12
- Contract signature expected15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Bids received 33 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| G.S. CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2029 | £400,000 | 21 Nov 2025 | CancelledThe council has cancelled the award process, the submissions will be assessed and award outcome communicated in due course. Link to UK6 notice - 2025/S 000-076060 |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- G.S. Catering Equipment LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender