Butchered Meat and Poultry

This TUCO framework covers the supply and distribution of a wide range of fresh meat and poultry to the higher education and further education sectors. It includes but is not limited to the following products:

• Fresh butchered meats: joints, fillets, carcasses and whole animals for catering courses
• Game, poultry, processed meats, cooked meats, pies, pâtés, stuffing and specialty eggs
• Halal, Kosher, Red Tractor and Organic meat
• Sundries (butchers string and nets)

• It is free to use for Educational Establishments
• Retrospective discounts
• Eliminates the need for organisations to individually undertake their own full procurement exercise, which saves time and resources.
• Opportunity for savings through economies of scale
• Opportunity for further savings through further competition
• Legally compliant framework agreement developed within the EU public procurement regulations.
• Consistent terms & conditions of contract 
1. Using this framework supports our Giving Back initiative. Our charity's focus is on SEND, wellbeing and absenteeism

To utilise a TUCO framework, you must first register on their website.

Associate membership is free to all educational establishments, for more information on the benefits of TUCO membership, please see the About TUCO page. Once you have access to their site, you will be able to view guidance documentation. If you require any assistance, please contact the Contracting Manager as listed below.

Institutions can call off from the Butchered Meat and Poultry framework through one of the following three methods:

1. 1. Direct award
2. 2. Utilising the quality scoring from the framework tender and reassessing just price
3. 3. Mini competition

Important Procurement Act 2023 requirement

It is very important for CPC members to register on the new Find a Tender Service to create your organisation’s unique procurement identifier, known as an API Key. You then need to add the API Key to your profile on our MultiQuote eSender portal to run compliant mini competitions for our frameworks. It is a requirement under Procurement Act 2023 that relevant notices are published to the Find a Tender Service and MultiQuote can only publish your notices if you have added your API Key. See our Find a tender service registration web page for a step-by-step guide on how to register.