339_26 Light Catering Equipment
Details
- Value
- £1,800,000
- Topic
- Coffee, tea and related products
- Published
- 17 September 2025
- Submission
- 17 October 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
ESPO catalogue framework for the supply of light catering equipment to the ESPO Distribution Centre, Leicester, and for direct delivery to individual customer establishments. It covers cookware, tableware and trolleys including items such as crockery, glassware, polycarbonate, food storage, cutlery, bakeware, table service, kitchen utensils. The Framework is divided into 8 lots. Note: Overall framework award was concluded on 29/04/2026, with this notice being published to follow on from this.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published17 September 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date17 October 2025
About the buyer
Leicestershire County Council is a local authority that also trades nationally as ESPO, short for the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, a professional buying organisation it owns jointly with five more councils. ESPO serves public sector bodies and education establishments across the country. More than 100 free-to-access framework agreements sit alongside a product catalogue of 25,000 items. A framework is an agreement between the buying organisation, ESPO and an external supplier. In-house procurement experts at ESPO support customers through the frameworks and the catalogue. Councils, schools and academies buy directly through these routes rather than running separate tenders.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of ESPO's contract awards have been in furniture and furnishings, transport equipment and construction work.
Relevant CPV codes
- 15860000 · Coffee, tea and related products
- 34911100 · Trolleys
- 38311000 · Electronic scales and accessories
- 38412000 · Thermometers
- 39171000 · Display cases
- 39221000 · Kitchen equipment
- 39222000 · Catering supplies
- 39241000 · Knives and scissors
- 39299000 · Glassware
- 39310000 · Catering equipment
- 39311000 · Light catering equipment
- 39312000 · Food-preparation equipment
- 39711310 · Electric coffee makers
- 39711320 · Electric tea makers
- 42923200 · Scales
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov |
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