# The Supply of Espresso Coffee Beans, Hot Beverage Product & Training and The Supply of Equipment & Maintenance

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Kent](/buyers/university-of-kent/contract-awards)
- Published: 8 June 2023
- Planned start: 1 September 2023
- Planned end: 1 September 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 8198b5ba-4b05-4ff3-9053-3d5684b842fb-652158
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3d9ecd4d-fa90-4eff-ae3a-282388cfcf8b

## Description

The University of Kent catering team and commercial services have been working on a strategy to consolidate the coffee offer across the campus at Kent, the objectives are to replace most of the coffee machines \(with a maintenance package\) across many different catering outlets on campus and consolidate to locally roasted espresso bean, offering two beans, a standard and guest with its own sustainability mission\. and to introduce a structured training programme to streamline and simplify the offering across the campus, the hope is to introduce a drop size discount, improve quality of product and deliver a structured training programme\.

## Related contract awards

- [Consultancy Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1b1ce048-9258-4119-9c65-cbb363f704a1): UNIVERSITY OF KENT
- [Consultancy Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-793fd908-93a1-43d7-be33-ee1cb36cad18): UNIVERSITY OF KENT
- [Legal Advice](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-080d5927-7b07-40c7-ae65-41a77e7a6548): UNIVERSITY OF KENT

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8198b5ba-4b05-4ff3-9053-3d5684b842fb-652158)