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ClosedFind a Tender · UK4
Buyer2Gether Support Solutions Limited
StatusClosed
Deadline22 May 2026
Value£1,000,000
Published21 Apr 2026

What is being bought

2gether is looking for a supplier for the provision of smart retail, automated retail and vending services across multiple acute hospital sites within East Kent. They are QEQM Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Margate WHH William Harvey Hospital Ashford KCH Kent and Canterbury Hospital Canterbury RVH Royal Victoria Hospital Folkestone BHD Buckland Hospital Dover. Contract Length 3 years with 2 x 12 Months Extensions. Estimated Contract start date from October 2026. This will be subject to change. The anticipated scope may include: • smart retail and micro-market solutions; • automated retail and vending services (where retained); • out-of-hours and 24/7 food and beverage provision; • associated equipment, technology, stocking, maintenance and replenishment; • central helpdesk, performance reporting and governance arrangements; and • commercial and performance management mechanisms appropriate to a regulated healthcare environment. The services are intended to support safe, reliable and compliant access to food and drink for staff, patients and visitors, aligned to NHS food standards and wider public-sector objectives.

Categories

Vending machines 42933000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£1,000,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2029

Award criteria
Technical — 40% method statement questions (40%)
Social Value — Social Value Questions (10%)
Commercial Pricing (50%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Vending machinesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 42. The category anchor is Vending machines (42933000); 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 428494 median · 73.5 average (165 of 849 with a bid count)5.7 average (174 of 849 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)82Not publishedNot publishedNot 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 requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
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-0648e0
Latest release ID036225-2026
Latest release timestampTue Apr 21 2026 14:31:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036225-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-05-22T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-05-22T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-07-31T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsPlease use the e-sourcing portal to upload your supporting documents and to answer the technical, social value , SQ using the online requirements Atamis Health Family portal https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/ProSpend__CustomCommunitiesLogin?startURL=%2Fone%2Fone.app#/alohaRedirect/apex/Supplier_Portal_2019
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,000,000
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
21 Apr 2026tender036225-2026
5 Feb 2026planning010460-2026

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 (2 releases)
21 Apr 2026 · 036225-2026 · tender
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5 Feb 2026 · 010460-2026 · planning
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