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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 3 days ago Contract notice

Ice Cream Concession, Towneley Park

Open United Kingdom Food & beverages

Buyer Burnley Borough Council

28 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€381,748
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure Anyone may submit a bid, in one step, with no pre-selection. Full entry
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Description

The Council invites tenders for the concession to sell ice cream, confectionery and cold drinks from mobile ice cream vans in Towneley Park, Burnley according to the terms and conditions outlined and the associated Licence Agreement. Tenders are invited from organisations that have the necessary resources, ability, and experience to meet the Council's requirements. The concession will commence on 1st March 2027 and run until 31st March 2032. The Tender documents for this project contain the instructions for Tendering, and in the appendices/ schedules for completion and submission by tenderers - the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) Form of Tender, Certificates of non-collusion and a bona fide tender, and Licence Agreement (for information only). In the event of any conflict arising between any of the provisions of the Tender Document issued by the Council and those submitted by the Tendering organisation, the Council's Tender Document shall be the definitive version.

Timing

31 days from publication to deadline. Usual length in United Kingdom: 26 days. Usual length

  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline
  4. Awarded pending
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Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 20 and 31 days, based on 2,410 notices of the last two years.

Bid or no-bid?

2 of 6 answered from the register

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €381,748.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Food & beverages.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    28 days left, 21 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €122,039 and €980,504.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 20 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 3 days ago

Documents on Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) (English)

Market

Food & beverages in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€245,236
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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 36 awards for Food & beverages in United Kingdom.

This notice
€381,748
Median award
€245,236
Middle half of past awards
€122,039 to €980,504

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

Larger than 59% of the open notices in Food & beverages across Europe.

open now in Food & beverages
2,873
median open notice
€272,140

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Food & beverages

different companies won awards here
34
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
17%
buyers awarded contracts here
28

Based on 42 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Burnley Borough Council

notices in the register
20
awards
15

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
13
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
29%

Based on 14 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

Burnley Borough Council

United Kingdom

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Food & beverages - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Tiffin Sandwiches Ltd 3 €92.2M Sep 2026
BFS Group Ltd T/A Bidfood 2 €11.7M Sep 2026
William Yule & Son Limited 2 €8.2M Sep 2026
Sysco GB Limited (t/a Brakes) 2 €4.1M Sep 2026
Campbells Prime Meat Ltd 2 €1.2M Oct 2026

Based on 42 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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