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Grocery Provisions, Frozen & Chilled Foods

Buyer: HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY →

BuyerHARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published10 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Harper Adams University instructed TUCO Ltd to conduct a mini competition under Lot 5 of their framework Grocery, Frozen & Chilled One-Stop HE&FE for the supply and delivery of Grocery Provisions, Frozen and Chilled Foods.

Delivery location

UKG2

Categories

Prepared and preserved fish 15200000Fruit, vegetables and related products 15300000Animal or vegetable oils and fats 15400000Dairy products 15500000Grain mill products, starches and starch products 15600000Animal feedstuffs 15700000Miscellaneous food products 15800000Beverages, tobacco and related products 15900000Food, beverages, tobacco and related products 15000000

Lot details

Lot 1

HAU require 2 providers to supply and deliver frozen, groceries and chilled food items for use by University catering department to prepare meals and food items to sell in outlets. Additional information: Note this requirement does not include Costa outlet or shop

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Value added service — 5
Menu Planning — 5
Innovation & Range Improvement — 5
Returns procedure — 5
Staff responsiveness and support — 5
Spend analysis — 5
Implementation — 5
Environmental Impact Measures — 5
Account manager — 5
price — 60

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Prepared and preserved fish, Fruit, vegetables and related products, Animal or vegetable oils and fats, Dairy products, Grain mill products, starches and starch products, Animal feedstuffs, Miscellaneous food products, Beverages, tobacco and related productsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 15. The category anchor is Prepared and preserved fish (15200000); 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 151,0983 median · 18.5 average (511 of 1,098 with a bid count)2.5 average (549 of 1,098 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKG245 median · 5 average (3 of 4 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 4 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 rationaleContracts awarded under the framework
Rationale classificationsThe procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
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.

Awards

Contracts

032661-2026-1

Statusactive

032661-2026-2

Statusactive
Value£800,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067f9a
Latest release ID032661-2026
Latest release timestampFri Apr 10 2026 08:43:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release2
Contracts in latest release2
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Apr 2026award, contract032661-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
10 Apr 2026 · 032661-2026 · award, contract
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