Official UK procurement notice
Convenience Retail · UK public procurement notice
Authority: THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this planned procurement is to establish a closed Framework for the supply and distribution of Convenience Retail products and associated services to members and clients of TUCO Ltd. This procurement will follow an Open Procedure under Procurement Act 2023 regulations.
The scope of commodities to be covered in the framework include Confectionery, Snacks and Soft Drinks, Cakes (Ambient, Chilled, Fresh and Frozen), Convenience Retail Non-Food, Cigarettes, Tobacco, E-Cigarettes and associated products, One Stop Shop including all products covered within lots 1 to 4 with the addition of grocery frozen and chilled retail items and alcohol. We welcome suppliers that can deliver on either a local, regional or national basis.
It is envisaged that suppliers will be able to cover much of the scope of this agreement on a lot by lot basis.
The duration of this closed Framework is planned to be a maximum of 4 years in the format of a 2 year with one plus one year extensions. We have an estimated start date of 1st July 2028 to 30th June 2030 with an optional 2 year extension in 1 plus 1 year extensions to 30th June 2032.
The framework agreement which will cover supply to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is likely to be split into 5 category specific lots.
The annual spend through the closed framework is estimated to be £10m. The total spend through the open framework (over the maximum 4 years) is estimated at £40m
CPV: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Personal care products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Jul 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Convenience Retail” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED buys Personal care products (CPV 3370), and who usually turns up
THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Personal care products (CPV 3370) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 55 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 0%
2–319% / 38%
4–619% / 50%
7+62% / 13%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3370Published estimate£40m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 460 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–321%
4–631%
7+38%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jun 2026, 16:01 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2026, 16:01 BST
- Authority reference
CAT11084-TU- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061411- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c083Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
30 Jun 2026 → 1 Jul 2028 · 3 dates- Planning notice published118 days ago30 Jun 2026, 16:01 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 346 days7 Oct 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Pipeline notice published30 Jun 2026, 16:01 BSTUK1
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender