Official UK procurement notice
Fresh Food & Food to Go · UK public procurement notice
Authority: SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNHS Supply Chain: Food (the “Authority”) is issuing this Invitation to Tender in connection with the competitive procurement for the appointment of Fresh Food & Food To Go (the “Procurement”). The Authority is acting as agent for and on behalf of Supply Chain Coordination Limited (“SCCL” or “NHS Supply Chain”).
This procurement will include the following Lots:
- Fresh Dairy and Bakery
- Fresh Meat, Poultry, Fish & Meat-Free Alternatives
- Fresh Produce
- Food to Go - Patient Feeding Solutions
- Food to Go - Retail Concepts
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 11 Sept 2028, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Beef · Bread products · Butter · Cakes · Chickens · Cream · Dairy products · Desserts · Eggs · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Fresh fish fillets · Fresh poultry · +26 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 20 Jan 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 19 Jan 2035
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
2.50% of call-off value · The only deviations from the 2.5% Management Fee are:
Lot 1,2 and 3 at 2.5%
Lot 4 and 5 at 2%
Who may buy through it
NHS Supply Chain: Food intends to enter into arrangements under which it will be entitled to purchase supplies and/or services which it will make available for purchase by the following eligible users: 1) any NHS Trust; 2) any other NHS entity; 3) any government department, agency or other statutory body; 4) any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector and/or 5) any local authority will be able to utilise this Framework agreement to run further competition with the written consent of NHS Supply Chain: Food in order to secure a direct contract.
Published description of the framework
See tender documentation
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Fresh Dairy & BakeryRenewalPublished value£130,605,392
This Lot is for Milk, Dairy, Eggs, Bread & Morning Goods in the following categories:
Milk – Fresh & Long Life, Cream, Yoghurt, Butter, Cheese, Shell Egg, Liquid Egg, Bread Loaves & Buns, Baked Morning Goods and Non-dairy drinks (milk free).
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the published tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the published tender documentation
Lot #2Fresh Meat, Poultry, Fish & Meat-Free AlternativesPublished value£88,136,427
This Lot is for the supply of fresh meat in the following categories;
Beef, Game, Goat/Kid, Lamb/Mutton, Pork, Chicken, Turkey, Meat, Poultry & Game Pies, Offal, Fish and Meat-Free Alternatives.
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the published tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the published tender documentation
Lot #3Fresh ProducePublished value£92,489,941
This Lot is for fresh and prepared fruit and vegetables and salads in the following categories:
Whole fresh (fruit, vegetables and salads); Prepared (fruit, vegetables and salads) and Par cooked chips / prepared potatoes.
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the published tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the published tender documentation
Lot #4Food To Go – Patient Feeding SolutionsPublished value£117,644,240
This Lot is Patient Feeding Solutions in the following categories:
Patient Feeding Sandwiches, Patient Feeding Salads and Snack Pots.
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the published tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the published tender documentation
Lot #5Food To Go - Retail ConceptsPublished value£92,434,760
This Lot covers Food to Go products suitable for a retail environments, cafes and outlets within NHS Trusts. This range shall include, but not be limited to:
Prepared retail sandwiches, Hospitality platters, Prepared salads, Savoury pastry products, Sweet pastry products,
Hot eats, Snack pots and dip pots, Cakes, traybakes and individual sweet treats, Sweet and savoury snack pots, including breakfast pots, Pies, pasties, pastries, pizza products, Frozen desserts, frozen drinks, ice cream, Grab‑and‑go food items, Hot and Cold Drinks, Bakery products, Paninis and Sushi.
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the published tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the published tender documentation
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Non-Financial: 20%
- Financial: 70%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Financial
- Non-Financial
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the published tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the published tender documentation
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Fresh Food & Food to Go” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- NHS Supply Chain: Food intends to enter into arrangements under which it will be entitled to purchase supplies and/or services which it will make available for purchase by the following eligible users: 1) any NHS Trust; 2) any other NHS entity; 3) any government department, agency or other statutory body; 4) any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector and/or 5) any local authority will be able to utilise this Framework agreement to run further competition with the written consent of NHS Supply Chain: Food in order to secure a direct contract. · open scheme: new suppliers can join during the term
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 11 Sept 2028
- First published
- 2 Oct 2025, 10:20 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Apr 2026, 10:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
FAG 1650- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-032653- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a666Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 May 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
call-off levy · 2.50% of call-off value · The only deviations from the 2.5% Management Fee are:
Lot 1,2 and 3 at 2.5%
Lot 4 and 5 at 2%
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eProcurement portal at nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com ↗
Registration:
- use the URL above to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal;
- if not yet registered:
- click on the 'Register Here' link to access the registration page,
- complete the registration pages.
Note: Entity and/or Company details must match companies house, your Jaggaer account and the signing of any documentation as part of your submission.
Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eProcurement portal.
Please see instructions below on how to Express Interest:
- Once you have registered and logged in to Jaggaer, you will see a section called ‘Supplier Area’. Under this you will need to go to ‘ITTs open to All Suppliers’. In this section you will need to filter on 'Project Code'.
- Search for Project 1650
- This will bring up the list of Lots:
ITT_2194 – Lot 1 - Fresh Dairy & Bakery
ITT_2196 – Lot 2 – Fresh Meat, Poultry, Dish & Meat-Free Alternatives
ITT_2197 – Lot 3 – Fresh Produce
ITT_2198 – Lot 4 – Food To Go Patient Feeding Solutions
ITT_2199 – Lot 5 – Food To Go Retail Concepts
Once you have clicked into the Lot you wish to bid on, click ‘Express Interest’ in the top right-hand corner then click 'Confirm'.
- Once you have Expressed Interest, the Lot(s) you selected and the main ITT_2200 will now sit under ‘My ITTs’ in the Supplier Area.
Submission instructions for this procurement will be included within the ITT Instructions document. Please ensure to download and read all documents contained within the Attachments area.
Details of how to submit your response can be found within the tender documentation.
For any technical help with the portal please contact: Tel: 0800 069 8630 or via the live chat function on Jaggaer.
Timeline
2 Oct 2025 → 20 Jan 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published390 days ago2 Oct 2025, 10:20 BST
- Market engagement240 days ago28 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
We are seeking to engage with interested suppliers who can supply the Goods detailed in the procurement description. Suppliers can express interest in the opportunity using the following link:
PORTAL ACCESS & EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
- Login with URL nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com// ↗
- Click on "SQs Open to All Suppliers" and search for the title of the procurement:
SQ_635 - Fresh Food & Food To Go Framework RFI
Please note once you have expressed interest, you will be able to locate SQ_635 under “My SQs”.
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)
- Click on the 'Response Form' tab.
- Answer the question in the Qualification Envelope at 1.1.1
- Click 'submit response'.
On receipt of an Expression of Interest (EOI) and Request for Information (RFI), the relevant Buyer may contact you to arrange an engagement meeting. Please note this may not be undertaken with all interested Applicants due to timescales and resource.
Any communication regarding this RFI will be issued either via the Messages tab on Jaggaer or by the relevant Buyer.
- 26th November 2025 - 31st December 2025 - Request for Information (RFI) issued, and responses reviewed.
- 1st January 2026 - 28th February 2026 – Engagement meetings held with incumbent and new suppliers.
- 2nd March 2026 - 13th March 2026 - Category Team to analyse feedback and input into strategy as required.
Suppliers can, at any point during the engagement period (up to 28th February 2026) contact the NHS Supply Chain: Food to discuss the proposed procurement by sending a message via the Messages tab on SQ_635.
There is no guarantee that a formal procurement process will be launched as a result of this early market engagement exercise, nor that any contract(s) will be placed. No remuneration or compensation etc will be paid to organisations who take part in this early market engagement exercise. Suppliers should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
- Next notice expected200 days ago9 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published200 days ago10 Apr 2026, 09:30 BST
- Latest notice published196 days ago14 Apr 2026, 10:09 BST
- Clarification questions by153 days ago26 May 2026, 15:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends140 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown8 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 3 days29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 85 days20 Jan 2027
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Oct 2025- Pipeline notice published2 Oct 2025, 10:20 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Nov 2025, 10:15 GMTUK2
- Published value published: £228,000,00026 Nov 2025, 10:15 GMT
- Planned procurement notice published31 Mar 2026, 13:55 BSTUK3
- Procurement method changed31 Mar 2026, 13:55 BST
- Deadline published: 8 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST31 Mar 2026, 13:55 BST
- Tender notice published10 Apr 2026, 09:30 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active10 Apr 2026, 09:30 BST
- Tender notice published14 Apr 2026, 10:09 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Amendment to submission instructions on how to find the Project within the eProcurement System
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 26 Nov 2025
- 2025-10: 1 release · 2 Oct 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender