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Grocery, Dried Goods & Frozen Products - 069-2026

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Manchester City Council · published 29 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID1ea7722e-aaf3-4be7-8973-7c5b813b53c6-919673
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-73f7d91b-fafa-4f8a-8d88-90cc21ca5455
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-256332
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£1,244,000
award field
Tender value
£1,244,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
goods
CPV
15000000
Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
Delivery
England, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Manchester Central is currently looking for a Contractor to supply groceries and frozen food products to Manchester Central Convention Complex, Junction, Manchester Town Hall Central Library, Runway Visitors Park and Manchester Town Hall. It is important that the services provider are the same across all site such as delivery times etc. Estimated annual spend for groceries and frozen food is circa £622k. Spend is estimated on current supply and Manchester Central are unable to guarantee such levels of purchasing. The Contract will be for a period of two (2) years with a Manchester Central only option to extend for an addition twelve (12) months from the commencement date of services, with an anticipated Contract start date of November 2026

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release29 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published1 Dec 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published31 Aug 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Dec 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Nov 2028
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

BFS Group Limited T/A Bidfood

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 29 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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