Awarded· 1 Apr 2024
Food Train
Dundee City Council · Dundee City, Scotland
Dundee City Council has awarded Food Train. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Dundee City.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 5 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
The Food Train
2025
Award notice published
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice · 00:00
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About this tender
In brief
Dundee City Council has awarded Food Train. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Dundee City. The contract went to The Food Train. It was awarded on 1 April 2024. The contract value is £81,805.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Public Contracts Scotland published it on 5 September 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000809462.
Summary of the contracting process
Dundee City Council has initiated a contracting process titled "Food Train" under the industry category of Social Care. The contract, valued at £81,805, involves a grocery shopping delivery service for adults in the region of Dundee, UKM71. Initiated through a limited procurement method without prior publication of a competition call, the service continuity is ensured by monitoring and extending on a rolling basis.
The procurement process has reached the award stage and was signed on 1st April 2024, with The Food Train selected as the supplier. Key classifications include CPV code 85311300 for the services provided.
About this tender
Grocery Shopping Delivery Service for Adults in Dundee
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Complete
Grocery Shopping Delivery Service for Adults in Dundee
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Children and Young People's Social Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- The Food Train
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Buyer's portal
- Public Contracts Scotland
Values
- Contracts value
- £81,805
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: awards.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000809462
- CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services; 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Dundee City
- Town
- Dundee
- Postcode
- DD1 1QE
- Electoral ward
- Maryfield
- Constituency
- Dundee Central
- Delivery area
- Scotland, TLM71 Angus and Dundee City
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- Angus and Dundee City
- Area
- Eastern Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Dundee City Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Alix Finlayson
- Phone
- +44 1382433691
- Address
- Dundee, DD1 1QE · Scotland · Scotland
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- The Food Train
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Food Train - Grocery Shopping Delivery Service for Adults in Dundeepubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Public Contracts Scotland portal, to register and bidapi.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice
- OCDS record ocds-r6ebe6-0000809462 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Food Train
Who won the Food Train contract?
Dundee City Council awarded the contract to The Food Train on 1 April 2024.
How much is the Food Train contract worth?
The contract value is £81,805.
Who is the buyer for Food Train?
Dundee City Council, based in Dundee City, Scotland. The named contact is Alix Finlayson, on +44 1382433691.
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