Procurement

98_26 Heavy and Light Catering Equipment - Supply, Maintenance and Kitchen Design

  • Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-050f87

Description

This is for a Preliminary market engagement (PME) where the tender documentation is not yet available. However, interest (Expressions of interest) can still be registered (see below for details on how to complete, and please also refer to the Engagement Section for further details on this).

ESPO are intending to establish a National framework for the supply of various heavy and light commercial catering equipment, maintenance and servicing of catering equipment and turnkey kitchen design. Suppliers will be able to bid on a regional and/or sub-regional basis.

We are seeking to engage with suppliers who can offer;

a) the direct supply and delivery of a wide range of heavy and commercial catering equipment;

b) the direct supply and delivery of light catering equipment and/or catering consumables and disposables;

c) preventative and reactive maintenance and servicing of commercial catering equipment;

d) turnkey kitchen design and installation.

To express an interest:

(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity '98_26' (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); d) Express an interest.

Please access the Messages area/section of the eProcurement Portal (ProContract / EastMidsTenders - Messages can be accessed via the Activity dashboard once an Expression of interest has been completed) for any further communications on this preliminary market engagement, including the RFI documentation.

For further details on the Procurement Act, including registration on the Central Digital Platform, this can be found as follows:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/information-and-guidance-for-suppliers

Or otherwise, please refer to the ESPO Website as follows:

https://www.espo.org/the-procurement-act-2023

Notices

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-028095
Published
28 May 2025, 1:22pm

UK3: Planned procurement notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-019990
Published
9 May 2025, 11:23am