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title: "Tender for the Supply and Implementation of Procure to Pay Solution Services (Catering)"
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# Tender for the Supply and Implementation of Procure to Pay Solution Services (Catering)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-supply-and-implementation-of-procure-to-pay-solution-services-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-03f592). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM: "Tender for the Supply and Implementation of Procure to Pay Solution Services (Catering)". Published status: active. Published Value: £12,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.intendhost.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham-urn-133784)
- **Published Value:** £12,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 September 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services, Procurement software development services, Procurement software package
- **Delivery Location:** UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03f592`

## 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/tender-for-the-supply-and-implementation-of-procure-to-pay-solution-services-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-03f592#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [intendhost.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intendhost.com%2Funiversityofbirmingham)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-supply-and-implementation-of-procure-to-pay-solution-services-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-03f592#participate

## Description
The University wishes to establish a contract with a Single Provider for the provision, implementation and ongoing support and maintenance of a fully integrated Central Billing, Procure to Pay and Stock management solution and the procurement of UOB Food, Beverage, and disposable suppliers inc Light Equipment. The annual procurement spend is in the region of up to £4M.
All cradle to grave tendering activity related to UOB Food, Beverage, and disposable suppliers inc Light Equipment, will be outsourced to the successful supplier.
The successful provider would be able to provide a fully integrated service of both "systems and procurement" to support Campus Services, they would provide monthly summary billing and have appropriate systems in place to provide the University with excellent value for money and an excellent service level demanded by a large Russell Group University with over 34,000 students with the potential to expand on Edgbaston Campus to 50,000 over the next 10 years.
The system must cater for the different functions operating in the university, namely purchasing, finance and Food, Beverage and Retail operations. The system should ideally provide modules which
provide the functions listed below and further be able to maximise market price across a wide category
of food and drink products able to deliver contract price compliance whilst providing an end to end contract management solution for the institution:
1.1	E-invoices and supplier payments with detail analysis
1.2	Financial systems integration with existing UOB systems
1.2.1	Integration with Delivered catering solution
1.3	Procure to Pay
1.4	Recipe management inc Legal Allergen and Nutritional requirements
1.5	Full stock management combined with production planning system facility both from and internal and external supplier basis
1.6	Supplier management
1.7	Full Epos integration and sales analysis, linking to one true source
1.8	Sustainability product carbon impact and food waste monitoring
The rates Tendered shall be Fixed and Firm for the first 3 years of the term of the Contract, and will be reviewed at the end of Year 3 if we wish to extend.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48490000, 72212490
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £12,000,000

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024497-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-21T11:30:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T20:49:24.962Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03f592