How to win: PAN3281 - Supply and Delivery of Confectionery, Food and Related Products

About this contract

Leicester City Council invites Tenders for the supply and delivery of Confectionery, Food and Related Products for De Montfort Hall (DMH) and Haymarket Theatre (HMT), Leicester. The requirement includes a comprehensive range of sweet and savoury food products to include industry wide high quality brand names from reputable manufacturers which will meet all UK regulatory and safety standards. The proposed contract will be for two years with options to extend for a period or periods totalling no more than up to a further two years. Further information about the Opportunity can be found in the tender documentation. Submissions must be received by 12:00 noon on 7 October 2026 at the very latest via the EastMidsTenders portal: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html. Any queries/questions regarding this opportunity must be received via the ProContract portal only. To assist potential Suppliers, the link, https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/ provides helpful user guides on using the ProContract portal. Furthermore, Suppliers will be required to register on the Central Digital Platform (a Find a Tender service). To assist prospective Suppliers, Cabinet Office have published video

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Leicester City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £500,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 7 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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