Official UK procurement notice
009065 NEPO Frozen Food · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNewcastle City Council (NCC) are using the NEPO407 Framework Lot 1 for Frozen Food after the departure of Hopwells July 25.
This Framework has been established for the provision of frozen food to Contracting Authorities in the North East only.
The Framework provides North East Contracting Authorities access to suppliers capable of meeting their requirements for the delivery of frozen food to education establishments, including primary and secondary schools, alongside Council owned and operated sites.
Suppliers awarded to the Framework are able to provide concurrent deliveries across the North East, aligned to the delivery schedules of Contracting Authorities, including the specified days, restricted delivery windows and site entry requirements.
The Framework has enabled NCC to provide their service users with the specialised supply of frozen food and to ensure that the essential allergen requirements are adhered to, school food standards compliance is maintained and individual dietary needs are met inclusively.
CPV: Animal products, meat and meat products · Dairy products · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Frozen fish, fish fillets and other fish meat · Fruit, vegetables and related products · Grain mill products, starches and starch products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Frozen food for Schools and Welfare Centres after the departure of HopwellsAwarded
Frozen food for Schools and Welfare Centres after the departure of Hopwells. NEPO carried out the project to enable a new supplier to be awarded onto their framework. It is now called Frozen Food Lot 1 on NEPO407 Framework.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Aug 2025, 08:58 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Aug 2025, 08:58 BST
- Authority reference
NEPO407 Lot Frozen Food- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045473- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056bebFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Process of award was via NEPO Framework.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
009065 - Frozen Food Lot 1 NEPO407 framework
- Signed
- 18 Jul 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | £4,000,000 – £6,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Sysco GB Limited (Brakes)Framework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.