Invitation To Tender for The Supply & Distribution of Hot Pasta & Sauce Bar Concept

Buyer
The Bolton Impact Trust
Value
£5,500,000
Closes
9 November 2026
Where
Bolton
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

The Bolton Impact Trust is setting up a framework agreement to supply and distribute hot pasta and sauce bar meal concepts to public sector organisations across the UK, including schools, hospitals, local councils, and charities. This is a large contract worth £5.5 million, and suppliers will be pre-approved to provide these services to multiple public bodies.

What the buyer wants

• Supply and distribute prepared hot pasta dishes and sauces that meet food safety and hygiene standards • Operate or support a 'Hot Pasta & Sauce Bar Concept' (a ready-to-serve meal service) • Provide the service to eligible public sector organisations across the UK under framework terms

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This contract is pitched at established catering or food service companies with proven infrastructure to supply multiple public sector sites across the UK. Most small one-person trades or local operators will lack the scale, equipment, insurance, and logistics network needed to win and deliver this framework.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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