Notice Information
Notice Title
The Supply of Consumable Goods and the Provision of a Vending Solution
Notice Description
The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company requires the provision of both maintenance, repair and operations ("MRO") consumables and personal protective equipment ("PPE") consumables to maintain consistent levels of operations. The Goods will be for use in an industrial engineering and operational environment and therefore must be of a suitable quality to withstand heavy workshop and industrial use. The The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company requires the provision of a vending solution to meet their current needs or a suggested vending solution to improve the current solution in place at the Port. The succesful Tenderer will be required to deliver and install the vending solution at the Port in agreed upon timeframes.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. The right to additional or alternative purchases while the contract is valid.
Renewal: The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company will have the right to extend the contract in event: - a tendered process has been delayed or has not resulted in a successful preferred supplier; - a review of the Purchaser's requirements has not been concluded. For clarity this right is reserved for The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company, not the contractor.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a737
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061871-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
18 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
-
- CPV Codes
18000000 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Apr 2026 - 1 Apr 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY COMPANY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@fdrc.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- FELIXSTOWE
- Postcode
- IP11 3SY
- Post Town
- Ipswich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH6 Suffolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH63 East Suffolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH1 East Anglia
-
- Local Authority
- East Suffolk
- Electoral Ward
- Western Felixstowe
- Westminster Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061871-2025
2nd October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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