Awarded contract

Hot Beverages and Associated Equipment

Details

Value
£2,500,000
Topic
Coffee beans
Published
27 August 2025

Tender description

The University of Edinburgh is conducting a procurement process to renew its current Hot Beverage contract. This contract covers the supply of coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and all associated ingredients, as well as the provision, maintenance, and supply of related equipment and consumables. Lot 1: The University of Edinburgh is conducting a procurement process to renew its current Hot Beverage contract. This contract covers the supply of coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and all associated ingredients, as well as the provision, maintenance, and supply of related equipment and consumables. This Contract will primarily support the operational requirements of ACE (Accommodation, Catering and Events), a subsidiary of The University of Edinburgh, however, the University reserves the right to include more than one account to service other functions within the University. The Contract will cover commercial Retail Catering estate and the Conference and Events business, Catered Halls and any Ad Hoc business throughout the University across Edinburgh. This will be an ongoing requirement for the term of the Contract, with all locations procuring an increasing supply of coffee products to reach income targets. The procurement exercise was carried out in accordance with TUCO Hot Beverage through a mini-competition process.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date23 June 2025
  2. Completed: Award published27 August 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

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