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Published 1 Jun 2026, 14:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of Dried Foods & Tinned Goods

Official notice

Authority: Falmouth Exeter Plus (Public body)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£900,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 17 Jul 2026awarded 24 Aug 2026
Awarded to West Country Foodservice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Falmouth Exeter Plus (FXPlus) is looking to appoint a supplier on an Initial Term 36-months contract with Extension Options to extend by up to 24 months (2 x 12-months)  giving a Total potential duration of  60-months to supply and provide services for our Dried Food & Tinned Goods for the University Campuses at Falmouth (Woodlane, Falmouth) and Penryn (Treliever Road, Penryn).

CPV: Animal or vegetable oils and fats · Animal products, meat and meat products · Bacon · Beef and veal products · Beef meatballs · Beefburgers · Black pudding and other blood sausages · Bread products, fresh pastry goods and cakes · Canned or tinned fish and other prepared or preserved fish · Cocoa; chocolate and sugar confectionery · Condiments and seasonings · Dairy products · +32 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£900,000

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 50%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical & Service: 40%
  • price: 50%
  • Sustainability & Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical & Service: 40
  • Sustainability & Social Value: 10
  • Price: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
1 Jun 2026, 14:08 BST
Last source update
24 Aug 2026, 10:55 BST
Award evaluation window
17 Jul 2026 – …
Authority reference
2148FXPlus
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080227
Classification (CPV)
Animal or vegetable oils and fatsAnimal products, meat and meat productsBaconBeef and veal productsBeef meatballsBeefburgersBlack pudding and other blood sausagesBread products, fresh pastry goods and cakesCanned or tinned fish and other prepared or preserved fishCocoa; chocolate and sugar confectionery
+34 moreCondiments and seasoningsDairy products
Delivery area
UKSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06aa5c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Jul 2026 → 24 Aug 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline98 days ago
    17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened98 days ago
    17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published60 days ago
    24 Aug 2026, 10:55 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Aug 2026, 10:55 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £900,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Aug 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
West Country Foodservice£900,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Falmouth Exeter Plus

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation 5103240 Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, South West, TR10 9FEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • West Country FoodserviceAwarded supplier434454065 The Distribution Centre, 5 Higher Argal, Budock, Falmouth, Falmouth, South West, TR11 5PEContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.