Expired contract

Provision of Catering Disposables

Details

Buyer: Ministry of Justice
Supplier(s): *Contract Not Awarded*
Value: 4,500,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Disposable catering supplies
Published: 20 September 2022
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

This is a notice of abandonment of this procurement. In accordance with Regulation 55(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Authority advises you that we no longer intend to continue with this open procurement procedure which was commenced on 17/06/2022 under Contract Notice reference 2022/S 000-016643, due to unforeseen circumstances which includes a change to business requirements. This may result in a change to the specification and the anticipated volumes of goods. The Authority will therefore not be awarding any contract pursuant to this tender exercise. However, the Authority do intend to commence a new procurement procedure for the provision of Catering Disposables in the future. Communications relating to this new process will be published on the UK's e-notification service and on Contracts Finder

Timeline

Completed: Award published20 September 2022
Current notice
Completed: Award date20 September 2022
Completed: Contract expiry date31 October 2025

About the buyer

The Ministry of Justice is a central government ministerial department with its own Commercial Standards team providing procurement guidance. Procurement now follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. Higher-value contracts appear on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower-value opportunities. Suppliers register and bid through the MOJ Sourcing Portal, the department's e-procurement platform. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Prison and Probation Service and the Legal Aid Agency are the department's main delivery bodies.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Justice's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and public administration and defence.

Relevant CPV codes

39222100 · Disposable catering supplies

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov