Awarded contract

Award Notice for Supply and Distribution of Fresh Fruit & Vegetables & Related Products under the CAT11061-TU framework

Details

Supplier(s)
Dole PLC
Value
£510,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Vegetables, fruits and nuts
Published
22 August 2025

Tender description

This Award Notice follows the University of Chester running a further competition with TUCO under the TUCO Fresh Fruit & Vegetables framework agreement for Supply and Distribution of Fresh Fruit & Vegetables & Related Products using Lot 2 - North West for all University of Chester sites. The contract is for a period until 1st September 2027 with an optional 12-month extension until 1st September 2028. Please note that all values in this notice are estimated for the potential value of the whole contract. The estimated value and contract dates include the potential extension period.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published22 August 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 September 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date1 September 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

The University of Chester is an English university with its own procurement team. Those contracts can also be awarded through a consortium framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system. Below the thresholds, contracts go through a consortium framework agreement, a dynamic purchasing system or a competitive tender. Regional higher education consortia, such as the North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium, also support its purchasing.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Chester's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and business services.

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