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ClosedStage · contract

Durham University

Provision of sandwiches and food-to-go products

Food & BeveragesCPV 15000000
Value£1.2m
Deadline28 Mar 2017
Published24 Aug 2017
RegionNorth East
Timeline
Published 24 Aug 2017ClosedCloses 28 Mar 2017
Contract value in context
£1.2mtotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£8.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Food & Beverages band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 2,386 valued Food & Beverages tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Durham University requests proposals for the supply of Sandwiches and "Food to Go" Associated Products to expand and grow the category within our business.

At Durham we strive to offer our students and customers a first class experience, for which the catering plays a vital role.

We have to meet the needs of diverse customer base whilst ensuring we deliver quality products that are perceived as good value for money.

Please follow link to express an interest http://events.transaxions.com/service.aspx?event=6759 Durham University requires suppliers to distribute to all of its 8 retail cafes including one site at Stockton-on-Tees.

All cafes will comply fully with this contract.

Please note there are additional sites/colleges that are associated with the University which have shown interest in using the contract on an ad hoc basis.

The University's catering strategy has extensive growth plans for additional sites over the next 5 years and we expect the contract to grow and accommodate this additional need.

It is the intention of the University to award the contract as a framework agreement to one supplier.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Durham University requests proposals for the supply

Durham University requests proposals for the supply of Sandwiches and "Food to Go" Associated Products to expand and grow the category within our business.

02

We have to meet the needs

We have to meet the needs of diverse customer base whilst ensuring we deliver quality products that are perceived as good value for money.

03

All cafes will comply fully with this

All cafes will comply fully with this contract.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
0c15f0c7-18d5-4ea5-bcc4-9b2df009ffe2
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
OJEU16-003/2
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