Vending Machines Tenders and Contracts

Vending machines tenders cover the supply, installation and ongoing maintenance of vending machines dispensing food, drinks and other consumables, along with the products used to stock them. Some notices bundle vending with wider catering or facilities management contracts.

Public sector vending notices include machines for hot and cold drinks, snacks and water. Some also cover specialist units such as ticket vending machines on transport networks.

Stotles brings together vending machines tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Vending is usually let as a fully managed concession or a machine lease, while rail operators tender ticket vending machine supply and maintenance on long terms.

Food and drink vending must meet food hygiene law, many NHS buyers ask for the Healthy Living Award, and machines must be electrically safe and PAT tested. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Some vending machine tenders are standalone contracts covering machines and servicing only. Others are let alongside catering or facilities management services within a single contract.

Colleges, universities, NHS bodies, prisons and transport operators are among the organisations that run public tenders for vending machines. Contracts can sit within wider estate or facilities services.

Read estates and facilities strategies, catering and refreshment plans, ticketing upgrade programmes and expiry dates for existing vending contracts, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Vending notices carry 42933000 (Vending machines), 42930000 (Centrifuges, calendering or vending machines), 15894500 (Vending-machine ingredients) and 39310000 (Catering equipment).