Awarded contract

Supply of Catering Equipment

Details

Value
£435,000
Topic
Catering equipment
Published
4 March 2025

Tender description

TFW Catering is seeking a wholesale Catering equipment supplier for our on-board retail and premier restaurant service operations. Lot 1: TFW Catering has a requirement for a Food & Beverage equipment supplier for our retail and premier restaurant service operations. To supply Transport for Wales four catering service centres Locations Carmarthen SA31 2BE Newport High St, Newport NP20 4AX Shrewsbury Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury SY1 2DQ Chester CH1 3DR As well as the preparation and development kitchen (when open) in Newport Due to our current tendered agreement concluding we are keen to engage and commence a working relationship with the successful tender as soon as possible. The successful tender would Satisfy localized procurement focusing on local suppliers and supporting the Welsh economy by interacting with Welsh suppliers to introduce them to the TFW brand. To work with and support local Welsh suppliers and support TFW initiatives in utilizing local suppliers. The successful tender is expected to support TFW in achieving its objectives of being plastic-free in 2023 and support further sustainability objectives. Transport for Wales is currently undergoing an exciting rebrand for our premier food service offer and the successful bidder would expect to collaborate and support our Blas principles. The successful tender is expected to Support online ordering / Invoicing and reconciliation allowing us to manage orders and products via this method. The Wellbeing of Future Generations Act will underpin the quality criteria when evaluating the bids to ensure that the preferred supplier will share in our ambitions to strive for a positive impact on social, economic, cultural, and environmental well-being, and has previously referenced Work with and support local Welsh suppliers. The successful bidder will support the operation of our food service and trolley service and items to be supplied include.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 November 2023
  2. Completed: Award published4 March 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Transport for Wales runs and develops the country's rail, bus and active travel networks, buying as a central body with its own procurement and supply chain team. Every tender is advertised on Sell2Wales, the Welsh government's open tendering portal, where registration is free for suppliers. Above-threshold opportunities are also published on the UK government's Find a Tender Service. A dedicated procurement portal now carries every new tender opportunity. Pipeline notices and preliminary market engagement notices give suppliers early sight of contracts still to come. Procurement decisions follow the Procurement Act 2023 and the Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of Transport for Wales's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 39310000 · Catering equipment

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