Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£15.0m
Median award

No awards recorded in the last 24 months.

Last recorded award: 22 Sept 2022. Lifetime totals remain available below.

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

goods12 · £461.7m
Unspecified39 · £455.3m
services6 · £32.4m
works2 · £15.0m

Instrument type

contract59 · £964.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 39Find a Tender: 20

Awarded contracts · 6 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The University Caterers Organisation Limited (TUCO Ltd) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
BFS Group Limited T/A Bidfood 39222100active
Novorise Limited39222100active
Bunzl UK Ltd T/A London Catering & Hygiene Solutions39222100active
Nisbets Limited39222100active
Bunzl UK Ltd T/A Comax UK39222100active
Bunzl UK Ltd T/A Tri-Star packaging39222100active
Bunzl Catering Supplies39222100active
Alliance Disposables Ltd39222100active
Unico Ltd39222100active
Cauli Ltd39222100active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
FC
1 contract · SME
£300.0mest.
2
CC
£300.0mest.
3
CF
£300.0mest.
4
VE
1 contract · SME
£300.0mest.
5
FS
£300.0mest.
6
BG
6 contracts · 12 Nov02 Jan
£105.5mest.
7
HF
3 contracts · SME
£101.3mest.
8
CH
£101.3mest.
9186
···
178 other suppliers
long tail · 95 SMEs
£1.5bn

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Food, beverages, tobacco
102 contracts
£7.0bn
84%
Furniture, cleaning
89 contracts
£834.7m
10%
Business, legal, advisory
20 contracts
£300.0m
4%
Architecture, engineering
10 contracts
£150.0m
2%
Industrial machinery
12 contracts
£47.8m
1%
Construction works
1 contract
£15.0m
0%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£10.0m
0%
Other
1 contract
£5.0m
0%

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

The University Caterers Organisation Limited (TUCO Ltd) has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

48%
SME supplier share
target 33%
109
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
186
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Natalie Phillips
Email
info@tuco.ac.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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