Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Supply & Distribution of Various Foods for Adult Care Homes and Day Centres,
Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWestmorland and Furness Council is seeking to appoint a single provider framework for the provision of supply and distribution of various foods for adult care homes and day centres.
For the following four categories:
Fresh Meat
Frozen
Groceries and Provisions
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
- Not divided into lots: Seeking a single supplier framework for all food supply and distribution to adult care homes and day centres.
CPV: Miscellaneous food products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2026
Published description of the framework
Single Supplier Framework.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£2,236,800
- Value
- £2,236,800 exc. VAT · £2,236,800 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- 2 further optional 12 month extensions
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Price- Commercial Worksheet — 40%
- Quality and Social Value — 60%
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Westmorland and Furness Council buys Miscellaneous food products (CPV 1580) — and who usually turns up
Westmorland and Furness Council’s own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous food products (CPV 1580) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Westmorland and Furness Council
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 28 in all categories
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 44 lots. 10 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 11) and 34 from older notices (bids received, middle 16.5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 44 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 17 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 141 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 28 notices.
North West England · Miscellaneous food products (CPV 1580)
framework/DPS notices delivered in North West England in 36 months: 2 in CPV 1580 (1 competed, 1 route not published) · 17 in division 15 (12 competed, 4 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 15), last 36 months: 37 lots. 4 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 1) and 33 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 15), last 36 months: 37 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 15), last 36 months: 1 notices. Small sample.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 15), last 36 months: 5 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 15), last 36 months: 38 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 17 lots (all categories), applied to the £2,000,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 12:43 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 12:43 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
DN825916- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0524cdFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Appointment period ends
- 22 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 17:08 BST
- Next notice expected208 days ago1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice publishedjust passed25 Sept 2026, 12:43 BST
- Clarification questions byin 17 days12 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 27 days · period end, not a bid countdown22 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 49 days13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 66 days1 Dec 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Tender notice published25 Sept 2026, 12:43 BSTUK4
- Published value updated25 Sept 2026, 12:43 BSTwas £2,000,000
- Status changed to active25 Sept 2026, 12:43 BST
- Deadline published: 22 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST25 Sept 2026, 12:43 BST
- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 17:08 BSTUK1
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender