THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED
Fresh Fruit & Vegetables and Associated Products
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
Full details to be found within the tender documents openly available through the tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/tuco/aspx/Home
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Food & Beverages — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,386 valued Food & Beverages tenders in our corpus.
The purpose of this planned procurement is to establish a closed Framework for the supply and distribution of Fresh Fruit & Vegetables and Associated Products to members and clients of TUCO Ltd.
This procurement will follow an Open Procedure under Procurement Act 2023 regulations.
The duration of this closed Framework is planned to be a maximum of 4 years in the format of a 2 year with one plus one year extensions.
We have an estimated start date of 3rd October 2026 to 2nd October 2028 with an optional 2 year extension in 1 plus 1 year extensions to 2nd October 2030.
The framework agreement which will cover supply to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be split into 13 geographic lots to encourage SMEs to participate.
The aim is to award multiple suppliers across the 13 lots.: • Lot 1 London • Lot 2 North West • Lot 3 North East • Lot 4 Yorkshire & Humber • Lot 5 West Midlands • Lot 6 East Midlands • Lot 7 South East • Lot 8 South West • Lot 9 East • Lot 10 North Wales • Lot 11 South Wales • Lot 12 Scotland • Lot 13 Northern Ireland Suppliers are not restricted to the number of lots they can apply for.
The national annual spend through the Framework is estimated to be £11.25m to a maximum £45,000,000.00 over the full 4 years.
Lot specific values are not known.
The value nationally is shared between all geographic lots.
The scope of products to be covered within the framework are as follows: Whole Fruit, Whole Vegetables, Prepared Fruit, Prepared Vegetables, Fresh Salad, Dairy products & Bread Products
What the supplier must deliver
The purpose of this planned procurement is
The purpose of this planned procurement is to establish a closed Framework for the supply and distribution of Fresh Fruit & Vegetables and Associated Products to members and clients of TUCO Ltd.
The framework agreement which will cover supply
The framework agreement which will cover supply to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be split into 13 geographic lots to encourage SMEs to participate.
Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.
Make the case to bid
Reveal who to approach at THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
Our agent reads THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.
Ask me about this tender, the buyer, who wins their work, or whether you should bid.
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051d33
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 041614-2026
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.
Who wins this kind of work
The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.
Top suppliers & buyers in Food & Beverages
THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED’s tender network
Assembling the network…
Similar open tenders
SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF MEAT, DAIRY, FROZEN, GROCERY, FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
Broadacres Housing Association
The Supply and Distribution of Sandwiches and Associated products
Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside