Expired contract

Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

Details

Value
£12,500,000
Duration
5 years
Topic
Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
Published
2 April 2019

Tender description

The University is looking for a partner to supply all food stuffs to the University’s internal catering functions, (at least) 6 days a week throughout the year, initially on its’ 2 Exeter campuses. Term: 3 + 2 years. The contract will cover the following categories: — chilled dairy, eggs and processed provisions, — grocery ambient dry provisions, — chilled and frozen meat, poultry, game, fish and shellfish provisions, — fresh, ambient and frozen bakery provisions, — fresh and frozen fruit and vegetable produce, — non-food consumables and chemicals, — non-food counterwares and equipment. Contract value, based on previous year’s spend is estimated between 1 750 000 GBP and 2 500 000 GBP per annum. This equates to a total contract value of between 5 000 000 GBP and 12 500 000 over the maximum term of 5 years. The University intends to roll out a “soft launch” of the agreement, turning over 1 (or more) delivery locations at a time. The University is looking for a partner to supply all food stuffs to the University’s internal catering functions, (at least) 6 days a week throughout the year, initially on its’ 2 Exeter campuses. Term: 3 + 2 years. The contract will cover the following categories: — chilled dairy, eggs and processed provisions, — grocery ambient dry provisions, — chilled and frozen meat, poultry, game, fish and shellfish provisions, — fresh, ambient and frozen bakery provisions, — fresh and frozen fruit and vegetable produce, — non-food consumables and chemicals, — non-food counterwares and equipment. Contract value, based on previous year’s spend is estimated between 1 750 000 GBP and 2 500 000 GBP per annum. This equates to a total contract value of between 5 000 000 GBP and 12 500 000 over the maximum term of 5 years. The University intends to roll out a “soft launch” of the agreement, turning over 1 (or more) delivery locations at a time.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date20 March 2019
  2. Completed: Award published2 April 2019
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date22 February 2024

About the buyer

University of Exeter is a higher education institution that runs its own procurement centrally through a dedicated Procurement Services team. Suppliers register on CTM, the university's e-tendering system, to monitor and respond to opportunities as they appear. Larger contracts above this threshold are advertised nationally through Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks including the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium and the Crown Commercial Service. Catering contracts run through the separate TUCO framework. Competitive tendering, not a fixed list of approved suppliers, decides who wins the work in the end.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Exeter's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and laboratory and precision equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 15000000 · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
  • 39221110 · Crockery
  • 39800000 · Cleaning and polishing products
  • 39830000 · Cleaning products

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