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# TC819 - Provision of Inspection of Food Premises

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc819-provision-of-inspection-of-food-premises-ocds-h6vhtk-03c57d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Manchester City Council: "TC819 - Provision of Inspection of Food Premises". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Jun 2023, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Manchester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/manchester-city-council-ons-e08000003)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Environmental services, Miscellaneous services, Restaurant and food-serving services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £115,832 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03c57d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc819-provision-of-inspection-of-food-premises-ocds-h6vhtk-03c57d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc819-provision-of-inspection-of-food-premises-ocds-h6vhtk-03c57d#participate

## Description
The contract is to carry out approximately 1,000 food safety/hygiene and food standards inspections of food businesses in the City of Manchester per year (1st April – 31st March). The inspections will comprise of a range of food hygiene (FH) ratings but will be mainly premises rated category C and D at the last inspection under the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Food Law Code of Practice (FLCoP) scoring scheme. Some category B and unrated premises may also be included. Higher risk inspections will tend to be carried out by Officers within the Food, Health and Safety and Airport Team. Inspections will ordinarily involve Food Hygiene and Food Standards inspections being carried out at the same time and risk ratings for both being given. There may be situations where inspections just comprise of Food Standards or just Food Hygiene.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 90700000, 98300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Manchester City Council are running an open tender exercise to procure the provision of inspection of food premises. The contract is to carry out approximately 1,000 food safety/hygiene and food standards inspections of food businesses in the City of...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** TC819 - Provision of Inspection of Food Premises (active)
  - Award id: `024339-2023-TC819-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Osborne Richardson**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-160726`
  - Value: £115,832 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** TC819 - Provision of Inspection of Food Premises (active)
  - Signed Value: £115,832
  - Signed Date: 17/08/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024373-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-18T13:59:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T22:38:48.220Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03c57d