Official UK procurement notice
Invitation To Tender for The Supply & Distribution of Hot Pasta & Sauce Bar Concept
Authority: Embark Multi Academy Trust (Public body)·On behalf of: Dukefield Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Framework is designed to meet the Hot Pasta & Sauce Bar Concept needs of The Bolton Impact Trust it is also open for use by all contracting authorities across the UK public sector (and any future successors to these organisations).These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. Full details of the classification of eligible end user establishments and geographical areas is available at:
www.dukefieldfoodservice.com/fts-eligible-users ↗.
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www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bolton… ↗
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CPV: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Miscellaneous food products · Pasta products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 2 suppliers
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 9 Jan 2027
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- 4% of call-off value · Detailed in the ITT documentation
Who may buy through it
Detailed in the ITT documentation
Published description of the framework
Detailed in the ITT documentation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£5,500,000
- Economic & financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Technical & professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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 award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Economic & financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Technical & professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Invitation To Tender for The Supply & Distribution of Hot Pasta &…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Embark Multi Academy Trust buys Pasta products (CPV 1585), and who usually turns up
Embark Multi Academy Trust has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Pasta products (CPV 1585) →
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.
Across this market, small firms won 57% of awards with a known supplier size.
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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.
Across this market, 67% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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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.
Across this market, at least 28% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
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 bid12%
2–326%
4–631%
7+31%
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 15Published estimate£5.5m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 15. The comparison uses that group.
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid9%
2–340%
4–642%
7+9%
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £7.7m9 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 4 live · £1.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £1.7m21 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £435k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £6.9m21 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | 3 live · £61m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 17% below n=2 | |
Brake Bros LtdLarge | £500k14 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | 2 live · £6.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
| £35k13 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
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
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Detailed in the ITT documentation
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
TBIT/DF/HPSBC- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096463- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07865fFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Delta eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · 4% of call-off value · Detailed in the ITT documentation
Timeline
13 Oct 2026 → 9 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published16 days ago13 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 18h30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 10 days · period end, not a bid countdown9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 21 days19 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 71 days9 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Oct 2026, 11:32 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Dukefield LimitedProcuring entityManaging Agent in tendering and thereafter contract managing the framework on behalf of the Contracting Authority and all other end users.
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender