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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 7 hours ago Contract notice

Ice Cream Products and Equipment

Open United Kingdom Food & beverages

Buyer Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

29 days left

Key facts

Closes
14:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€4.4M
€4,414,221 · 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

Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council ("BCP Council") is seeking supplier(s) for the supply and delivery of Ice Cream products and associated equipment across trading outlets along the seafront. In addition, the successful supplier(s) will be required to supply Upton Country Park, Queens Park Café, King's Park Leisure facilities, and the Council's museums. This contract has been divided into lots which are: • Lot 1 - Impulse Ice Cream - Approximate spend £300,000 per annum • Lot 2 - Scoop Ice Cream and Accessories - Approximate spend £440,000 per annum Bidders may submit tenders for a single lot or multiple lots.

Timing

30 days from publication to deadline. Usual length in United Kingdom: 30 days. Usual length

  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline
  4. Awarded pending
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Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 2,023 notices of the last two years.

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    Now: Open
    Scope and criteria
    The description was expanded. Re-read it before you bid.
  2. Status
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    Now: Closed
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  3. Status
    Was: Closed
    Now: Open
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  4. Status
    Was: Open
    Now: Closed
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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 €4.4M.

  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?

    29 days left, 22 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 66 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) 7 hours 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
€4.4M
Median award
€245,236
Middle half of past awards
€122,039 to €980,504

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

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 91% of the open notices in Food & beverages across Europe.

open now in Food & beverages
3,066
median open notice
€273,500

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Food & beverages

different companies won awards here
35
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
16%
buyers awarded contracts here
29

Based on 43 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

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

notices in the register
66
awards
58

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
45
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
15%

Based on 52 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.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 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 43 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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