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# Vending Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vending-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0648e0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 2Gether Support Solutions Limited: "Vending Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 May 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-1928.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [2Gether Support Solutions Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/2gether-support-solutions-limited-GB-PPON-PCDZ-9193-RJPH)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 May 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Vending machines
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKJ44
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vending-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0648e0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0648e0`

## 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/vending-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0648e0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-1928.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-1928.my.site.com%2FProSpend__CustomCommunitiesLogin%3FstartURL%3D%252Fone%252Fone.app%23%2FalohaRedirect%2Fapex%2FSupplier_Portal_2019)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vending-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0648e0#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 42933000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2026 to 30/09/2029
- **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%2F036225-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-21T14:31:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T07:10:19.309Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0648e0