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Supply of food and beverages

Buyer: Dudley College of Technology →

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BuyerDudley College of Technology
StatusClosed
Deadline7 May 2026
Value£420,000
Published7 Apr 2026

What is being bought

The college took the decision to run the catering provision in house 10 years ago. All our catering provision is now internally managed. We currently use a wide range of suppliers for our eateries. Stir has grown each year and continues to generate good income for the College. The role of this tender would be to supply some of Stir’s food and beverage items required. The emphasis on the tender is fresh, good quality, sustainability and good pricing.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Catering supplies 39222000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£420,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Sept 2026 to 31 Aug 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FINANCE — CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FINANCE (5%)
DELIVERY PERFORMANCE — DELIVERY PERFORMANCE (10%)
PRODUCT — PRODUCT (20%)
COST AND VALUE — COST AND VALUE (50%)
FOOD SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE — FOOD SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE (5%)
SUSTAINABILITY — SUSTAINABILITY (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Catering suppliesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 39. The category anchor is Catering supplies (39222000); 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 391,7666 median · 46.3 average (760 of 1,766 with a bid count)5.9 average (809 of 1,766 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK48118 median · 126.5 average (191 of 481 with a bid count)11.5 average (201 of 481 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1374 median · 6 average (3 of 137 with a bid count)1.3 average (3 of 137 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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
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-0670cd
Latest release ID031368-2026
Latest release timestampTue Apr 07 2026 10:42:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031368-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-05-07T13:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-04-27T13:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-01T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsTo access this opportunity, log in to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity. If you are not registered with MultiQuote, please visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com, complete the registration form on the log in page and quote the title and reference of the notice in your registration.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£420,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
7 Apr 2026tenderUpdate031368-2026
20 Mar 2026tender025977-2026

All source data

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

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20 Mar 2026 · 025977-2026 · tender
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