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Supply of Preston Park Museum Sweets

Stockton on Tees Borough Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Market Engagement: Supply of Preston Park Museum Sweets Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council are seeking suppliers for the provision of Supply of Preston Park Museum Sweets. The proposed bidding process will take place in Winter 2025, but these timescales may change subject to Council discretion. Background Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council are seeking a supplier to supply the Victorian Street Sweet Shop at Preston Park with a range of confectionary (mainly sweets). The Victorian Street at Preston Park Museum in Stockton-on-Tees offers a charming and immersive glimpse into life in the late 19th century. Visitors can stroll through a meticulously recreated street featuring a variety of authentic shops and trades, including an ironmongers, printers, grocers, sweet shop, drapers, chemist, police station, and blacksmiths. Each shop is brought to life by dedicated volunteers, many dressed in period costume, who demonstrate traditional skills and engage with guests. Highlights include the sweet shop, where visitors can purchase classic treats like bonbons and pear drops weighed out the old-fashioned way, and the grocer's shop, which showcases produce grown in the museum's Victorian walled garden. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council currently buy the sweets from a range of suppliers. The aim of this process is to streamline the spend and consolidate one supplier. The council has a pricing schedule of core items that are purchased on an ad-hoc basis across the year. Specific brands are named in the pricing schedule which the Council would like to keep in place for these items. The types of confectionary that are ordered are classified below: • BON BONS • TRADITIONAL • LIQUORICE • SOFT & FIZZY SWEETS • CHOCOLATE • TOFFEE/FUDGE • LOLLIES • SEASONAL (Easter/Halloween/Christmas) Brands Specific brands are named in the pricing schedule which the Council would like to keep in place for these items. • Barratt • Bonds • Candy Paradise • Candy Pops • Damla • Dobsons • Fry's • Glisten • Hannah's • Haribo • Kinnerton • Kingsway • Maxilin • Nonsuch • Royale • Shoebury • Stockley's • Sweet Dreams • Sweetzone • Taverners • Verquin • Vidal Procurement Portal Access www.open-uk.org Please register on the OPEN procurement portal to access the tender documents when they are launched.

Classification

  • CPV15842300 — Confectionery

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05a8a2
Status
planning
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
goods

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Dec 2029, 23:59
Starts
1 Jan 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Dec 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
15842300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Confectionery

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
062456-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
6 Oct 2025, 11:50

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
24 Oct 2025, 23:59
Description
Please register to the OPEN procurement portal (www.open-uk.org) and expect the tender to be launched in November. If you have any queries during this time, please contact CorporateProcurement@stockton.gov.uk.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PCVQ-6435-GNMW
Name
Stockton on Tees Borough Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKC11
Country
GB
Locality
Stockton on Tees
Postal Code
TS17 6BJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Dunedin House, Columbia Drive, Thornaby

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PCVQ-6435-GNMW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Stockton on Tees · UKC11 · TS17 6BJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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