about us

Our role is to create legally constituted EU framework agreements to allow clients to maximise their buying power, whilst taking into account social and economic values and responsibilities.

TPL is a National Catering Purchasing Consortium representing Universities and Colleges and other public sector organisations.

7 reasons to use TUCO Purchasing

• A partnership approach to public sector procurement.
• Competitive tenders managed by experienced, Chartered Institute of Purchase & Supply (CIPS) qualified procurement team.
• Supply needs & requirements driven by Operational Catering Professionals.

• As a client of Campden BRI, our clients have access to updates on all food legislation.
• All our suppliers are fully audited as part of our documented due diligence procedure.
• All our framework agreements are competitively tendered via the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)

• Tender criteria & evaluation agreed by a representative group from the TPL contract users.
• Successful results through reverse auctions.
• Experience in the use of e-procurement solutions, in partnership with ‘In-Tend’ Ltd.

• Benchmarking prices & service levels against industry standards using our partners Catering Price Index.
• Products are audited against contract specifications to ensure compliance using our partners SAI Global.
• Quality assurance of products through the Campden Sensory Science Laboratories.
• A robust complaints procedure to enable a fast-track solution to supply problems.
• Monitor contract performance through regular vendor assessments – Data on the quality of products & service is fed back to suppliers to facilitate improvements in performance.
• Our tenders are constructed in geographic lots, to encourage local & regional supply from small & medium enterprises (SME’s).

• Promotes the use of purchasing cards, e-payment & consolidated invoicing.
• Access to regular market reports that provide updates on price movements and forecasts.
• Promotes the involvement of clients to assess new products.
• Benchmarking service to demonstrate savings potential ~ per institution.
• Informative web-site (www.tucopurchasing.co.uk)

• Tenders are constructed in a way that encourages regional & national suppliers to tender.
• TPL supports the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI).
• TPL promotes Healthy, Organic, & Ethically sourced products.

• Customer support provides clients with efficiencies in cost & time.
• Manufacturers’ & Distributors’ promotions available to clients.
• Manufacturers’ rebates are distributed back to clients.
• Free participation ~ TPL is funded by an administrative fee from suppliers.

Join us today!