Awarded contract

Commercial Kitchen and Laundry Equipment Maintenance and Supply

Details

Buyer: Cumberland Council
Supplier(s): Catering Partnership Ltd
Value: £560,000
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Kitchen furniture and equipment
Published: 27 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Undertaking works associated with the statutory testing/inspection and planned maintenance "PPM"; as well as breakdown repairs of all catering and laundry equipment in a range of Council properties ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award date25 March 2026
Completed: Award published27 March 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2031in 4 years

About the buyer

Cumberland Council is a local authority buying goods, works and services for Cumbria, guided by its own Contract Procedure Rules. Tenders are advertised through the Find a Tender Service on GOV.UK. Suppliers can also register on The Chest, the council's electronic procurement portal, free of charge. A dedicated Procurement Team sits within Business Transformation and Change. Framework agreements sit alongside open competitions among its procurement procedures. Every tender also weighs social value against council priorities. Contracts follow the Procurement Act 2023 and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. A weekly business newsletter and supplier events keep suppliers informed too.

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 Cumberland Council's contract awards have been in construction work, education and training and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

39141000 · Kitchen furniture and equipment
42200000 · Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing and associated parts
42900000 · Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
50800000 · Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services
51100000 · Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment
51200000 · Installation services of equipment for measuring, checking, testing and navigating

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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