Official UK procurement notice
SPS-02223 Fully Managed Vending Services for SPS
Authority: Scottish Prison Service
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe SPS provides a fully managed vending service across its entire estate. This service offers staff and visitors convenient access to a range of refreshments, including hot drinks, cold drinks, snacks, and confectionery. In addition, sites can opt to include fresh‑food vending machines where required. All vending provision is aligned with the NHS Healthy Living Award criteria, ensuring healthier choices are available and promoted.
The appointed supplier is responsible for the full operation of each machine. This includes:
-Regular stocking and replenishment of products;
-Routine cleaning and hygiene maintenance;
-Technical upkeep, repairs, and general maintenance; and
-Service visits at a frequency agreed with each individual site.
- Recurrence: July 2033
CPV: Vending machines
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The SPS has commenced this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of…Renewal
The SPS has commenced this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contract. Following publication of the Contract Notice, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) including the Single Procurement Document (SPD) will be published by SPS and will be made available to bidders. Tender responses will then be evaluated by the SPS in accordance with the ITT.
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)
- Technical: 30%
- price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 30
- Price: 70
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · July 2033
- First published
- 6 Mar 2026, 11:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Oct 2026 – …
- Authority reference
SPS-02223- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088776- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0663feFind a Tender
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32633. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:843459)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 60 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Timeline
1 May 2026 → 20 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected179 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published39 days ago18 Sept 2026, 15:05 BST
- Submission deadline7 days ago20 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened7 days ago20 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2026- Status changed to active18 Sept 2026, 15:05 BST
- Procurement method changed18 Sept 2026, 15:05 BST
- Deadline published: 20 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST18 Sept 2026, 15:05 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria