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THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED

Fresh Fruit & Vegetables and Associated Products

Food & BeveragesCPV 15550000
Value£45.0m
Deadline10 Jun 2026
Published6 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 6 May 2026ClosedCloses 10 Jun 2026
Who to contact
info@tuco.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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.

Contract value in context
£45.0mtotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£48.6m

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.

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The brief

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

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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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.

02

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.

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Stage
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Source
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