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Published 22 May 2025, 07:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Delivered Ready Prepared Patient Meals

Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Goods

Sectors: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (15) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

+6 more

East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2026from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Currently utilise a cook-and-chill model, but looking to move to cook-from-frozen patient ready meal services

CPV: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs

Contract period: 1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2030 with extensions

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Extensions: Extension options published

15000000 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 22 May 2025, 07:37 BST
Last source update: 22 May 2025, 07:37 BST
Authority reference: CUH 005 2025
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-024413
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
Delivery area: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 more
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051c6b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

22 May 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
22 May 2025, 07:37 BST
Tender notice expected242 days ago
1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Contract starts29 days ago
1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
22 May 2025, 07:37 BST
UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RGT · GB-PPON: PPCP-8863-HDGN Hills Rd, Cambridge, East of England, CB2 0QQContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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