---
title: "Supply of Preston Park Museum Sweets (with link)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05d3e1"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "STOCKTON ON TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL"
published: "2025-10-27"
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# Supply of Preston Park Museum Sweets (with link)

Buyer: STOCKTON ON TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d3e1

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## Summary

Stockton on Tees Borough Council is in the planning stage for a procurement process aimed at finding a supplier for various confectionery items to be sold at the Victorian Street Sweet Shop in Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees. The procurement is designed to streamline the current purchasing arrangements by consolidating supply under one vendor. The industry category is confectionery, with delivery points within the United Kingdom, specifically in the UKC region. Key dates include the engagement milestone due on 31 October 2025, with the planning stage reflecting a readiness for subsequent tender activities. The contract is set to start on 1 January 2026 and run until 31 December 2028, with potential renewals extending it to 2031.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses in the confectionery industry, particularly those specialising in traditional sweets, liquorice, soft and fizzy sweets, chocolate, toffee, fudge, lollies, and seasonal items. Companies with experience in supplying confectionery products to retail environments and those who can meet specific brand requirements outlined by the Council will benefit greatly. Suppliers that can demonstrate a history of consistent quality and reliable delivery schedules are likely to be competitive contenders for this tender, which promises stable business growth through streamlined and focused supply arrangements.

## Notice

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council are seeking a supplier to supply the Victorian Street Sweet Shop at Preston Park with a range of confectionary (mainly sweets). The Victorian Street at Preston Park Museum in Stockton-on-Tees offers a charming and immersive glimpse into life in the late 19th century. Visitors can stroll through a meticulously recreated street featuring a variety of authentic shops and trades, including an ironmongers, printers, grocers, sweet shop, drapers, chemist, police station, and blacksmiths. Each shop is brought to life by dedicated volunteers, many dressed in period costume, who demonstrate traditional skills and engage with guests. Highlights include the sweet shop, where visitors can purchase classic treats like bonbons and pear drops weighed out the old-fashioned way, and the grocer's shop, which showcases produce grown in the museum's Victorian walled garden. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council currently buy the sweets from a range of suppliers. The aim of this process is to streamline the spend and consolidate one supplier. The council has a pricing schedule of core items that are purchased on an ad-hoc basis across the year. Specific brands are named in the pricing schedule which the Council would like to keep in place for these items. The types of confectionary that are ordered are classified below: * BON BONS * TRADITIONAL * LIQUORICE * SOFT & FIZZY SWEETS * CHOCOLATE * TOFFEE/FUDGE * LOLLIES * SEASONAL (Easter/Halloween/Christmas)

### Planning Information

Please access the opportunity using the link below:
https://open-uk.org/opportunities/overview/public/049420d6-a7cf-4c92-b1de-07dc3b1a8d6c

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068426-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Oct 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | STOCKTON ON TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | STOCKTON ON TEES |
| Post town | Cleveland |
| Postcode | TS17 6BJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees |
| Local authority | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Electoral ward | Mandale & Victoria |
| Westminster constituency | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

### Codes

- 15842300 - Confectionery

## Release History

- 27 Oct 2025 at 10:08 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068426-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068426-2025
  27th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://open-uk.org/opportunities/overview/public/049420d6-a7cf-4c92-b1de-07dc3b1a8d6c
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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