AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Derbyshire County Council has awarded and signed a contract with DENBY CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED for heavy catering equipment supply, delivery and specified installation, commissioning and disposal services.
Published outcomeOne active award, covering lot 1, is recorded to DENBY CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED. The contract record states it was signed on 19 October 2026 and starts on 20 October 2026.
Market significanceThe published gross contract value is £72 million, with an initial term to 31 August 2028 and potential extensions to 31 August 2032.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
DENBY CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 72000000 GBP · active
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Verified supplier identity is DENBY CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED (Companies House number 04399476). Award 1 names this supplier and relates to lot 1. The £72 million value is published at contract level for this single-supplier contract.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender lot 1 is marked complete; the award and contract are marked active.
Award decision date
98% confidence21 August 2026
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Award 1 is recorded with award_date 2026-08-21.
Contract signed
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Contract 1 includes dateSigned 2026-10-19 and a document typed contractSigned.
Contract start
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-20.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published gross contract value
99% confidence£72,000,000
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 72000000, currency GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceContract-level value; no separate lot value published
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The contract contains a £72 million gross value, while lot 1 has no value amount.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award decision
98% confidence21 August 2026
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Award 1 award_date is 2026-08-21.
Contract signed
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-19.
Contract start
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-20.
Initial contract end
99% confidence31 August 2028
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2028-08-31.
Maximum possible end
99% confidence31 August 2032
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Contract 1 maxExtentDate is 2032-08-31.
Notice publication
99% confidence20 October 2026
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The contract details notice is dated 2026-10-20.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSupply, delivery and specified installation, commissioning and disposal of heavy catering products
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The published procurement description states these activities are required, with products detailed in Appendix B Price Schedule.
Goods categories
98% confidenceCatering equipment; electrical domestic appliances; non-electric domestic appliances
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Award item classifications list CPV 39310000, 39710000 and 39720000.
Service users and locations
98% confidencePredominantly Derbyshire, with some neighbouring-county locations; establishments may include schools, academies trading with the Council's Catering Service, and Adult Social Care establishments including care homes
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Published procurement description.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne lot (lot 1)
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Tender and award data identify only lot 1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective procedure; award under framework
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Tender procurementMethod is selective and procurementMethodDetails is Award under framework.
Competition indicator
95% confidenceCompetitive procurement indicated
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Tender competitive field is true.
Framework reference
98% confidenceocds-h6vhtk-050f87
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Related process is identified as a framework and linked to lot 1.
Bid and evaluation information
99% confidenceNot published in the supplied notice data
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No bid count, tenderer list, evaluation scores or award rationale is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence20 October 2026 to 31 August 2028
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Contract period startDate and endDate.
Extension arrangement
99% confidenceUp to two extension periods of two years each, taking the maximum term to six years
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Contract renewal description states two further two-year periods and no more than two extension periods.
Options and reorganisation provision
97% confidenceThe Council may need to terminate, vary or assign the contract to a successor organisation if local-authority reorganisation occurs
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Contract options description.
Performance monitoring
98% confidenceSix-monthly observations are specified for stock availability, returns/replacements, installation quality, and support acknowledgement/response
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Contract agreedMetrics list four measures, each with a six-month observation duration.
Service standards stated
98% confidenceFaulty or damaged products to be replaced within 48 hours of notification; queries, instructions or engagement acknowledged within 24 hours
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Descriptions for agreed metrics Product returns and replacements and Support Request Acknowledgement and Response.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Delivery and installation capability is central
98% confidenceThe requirement combines equipment supply with delivery, specified installation, commissioning and disposal.
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Published procurement description.
Operational performance is explicitly monitored
98% confidenceThe contract includes measures covering availability, 48-hour faulty-product replacement, installation quality and 24-hour support acknowledgement.
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Contract agreedMetrics and descriptions.
Contract value should be interpreted cautiously
98% confidence£72 million is the published gross contract value, but the supplied data does not provide pricing, call-off volumes, spend profile or individual product allocations.
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Contract value is published without a pricing breakdown or volume data.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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The supplier is matched by Companies House number 04399476 to DENBY CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED; no source-name mismatch is recorded.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 is identified but has no published title, description or separate value
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Lot 1 is complete but title, description and value fields are null.
Award-value attribution
98% confidenceThe £72 million figure is safely attributable to the single-supplier contract, not to a separately published lot value
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There is one supplier and one contract value; no lot value is supplied.
Publication completeness
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, evaluation results, award rationale, pricing breakdown and expected demand volumes.
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These fields are absent from the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or separately allocated value.
- The published data does not state bid counts, competing suppliers, evaluation scores, award rationale or savings.
- No pricing schedule, demand forecast, spend profile or product-level allocation is included in the supplied data.
- The supplied notice does not state whether either extension period will be exercised.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Derbyshire County CouncilDENBY CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITEDheavy catering equipmentcatering equipment contractCCS082public procurementFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Derbyshire County Council's CCS082 contract?
DENBY CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED, verified against Companies House number 04399476, is the sole supplier named for award 1.
What is the value of the CCS082 contract?
The published gross contract value is £72 million. No separate lot value or pricing breakdown is supplied.
When does the contract run until?
It starts on 20 October 2026 and initially ends on 31 August 2028. Up to two two-year extensions could take the maximum end date to 31 August 2032.
What does the contract cover?
It covers supply, delivery and specified installation, commissioning and disposal of heavy catering products, mainly for Derbyshire locations.
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