Closed tender

175_27 Catering Disposables

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO · up to £833,333

This tender has closed (deadline was 11 September 2026). Similar contracts are published all the time — see the live catering tenders or get alerts so you hear the day the next one lands.

What the buyer wants

ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements.

We are establishing a catalogue framework for the supply of catering disposables, including paper and plastic cups, napkins and serviettes, food and freezer bags, wooden cutlery, cling film, foil and festive products. All products are for ESPO stock for resale via the ESPO Catalogue.

The Framework is divided into 2 lots.

Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 11 September 2026.

To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed):

(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 175_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen).

Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.

How Tenderoo reads it

This is a framework agreement: a place on it puts you on the buyer's approved list, which they call work off from over the term. It is not a single job, and a small firm can hold a place alongside national suppliers.

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