Notice Information
Notice Title
Grocery Provisions, Frozen & Chilled Foods
Notice Description
Harper Adams University instructed TUCO Ltd to conduct a mini competition under Lot 5 of their framework Grocery, Frozen & Chilled One-Stop HE&FE for the supply and delivery of Grocery Provisions, Frozen and Chilled Foods.
Lot Information
Lot 1
HAU require 2 providers to supply and deliver frozen, groceries and chilled food items for use by University catering department to prepare meals and food items to sell in outlets. Additional information: Note this requirement does not include Costa outlet or shop
Options: Two extension options of 1 year + 1 year on agreement by both parties; at the end of the initial 2 year period
Procurement Information
Contracts awarded under the framework
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-067f9a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032661-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
-
- CPV Codes
15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
15200000 - Prepared and preserved fish
15300000 - Fruit, vegetables and related products
15400000 - Animal or vegetable oils and fats
15500000 - Dairy products
15600000 - Grain mill products, starches and starch products
15700000 - Animal feedstuffs
15800000 - Miscellaneous food products
15900000 - Beverages, tobacco and related products
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £800,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Apr 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Jan 20262 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWPORT
- Postcode
- TF10 8NB
- Post Town
- Telford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG21 Telford and Wrekin
- Delivery Location
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
-
- Local Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Electoral Ward
- Edgmond
- Westminster Constituency
- The Wrekin
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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