Vending Services
- 2Gether Support Solutions Limited
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0648e0
Description
2gether is looking for a supplier for the provision of smart retail, automated retail and vending services across multiple acute hospital sites within East Kent. They are
QEQM Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Margate
WHH William Harvey Hospital Ashford
KCH Kent and Canterbury Hospital Canterbury
RVH Royal Victoria Hospital Folkestone
BHD Buckland Hospital Dover.
Contract Length 3 years with 2 x 12 Months Extensions.
Estimated Contract start date from October 2026.
This will be subject to change.
The anticipated scope may include:
• smart retail and micro-market solutions;
• automated retail and vending services (where retained);
• out-of-hours and 24/7 food and beverage provision;
• associated equipment, technology, stocking, maintenance and replenishment;
• central helpdesk, performance reporting and governance arrangements; and
• commercial and performance management mechanisms appropriate to a regulated healthcare environment.
The services are intended to support safe, reliable and compliant access to food and drink for staff, patients and visitors, aligned to NHS food standards and wider public-sector objectives.
Notices
UK4: Tender notice
- Notice identifier
- 2026/S 000-036225
- Published
- 21 April 2026, 3:31pm
UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice
- Notice identifier
- 2026/S 000-010460
- Published
- 5 February 2026, 1:09pm