Published date: 9 March 2021

This notice was replaced on 12 July 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 10 August 2022)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Coconuts - 03222120

  • Food, beverages, tobacco and related products - 15000000

  • Meat products - 15130000

    • Beef and veal products - 15131600

    • Canned or tinned fish and other prepared or preserved fish - 15240000

    • Processed fruit and vegetables - 15330000

    • Baked beans - 15331411

    • Canned tomatoes - 15331423

    • Jams and marmalades; fruit jellies; fruit or nut purée and pastes - 15332200

    • Marmalades - 15332230

    • Orange marmalade - 15332231

    • Fruit jellies - 15332240

    • Nut pastes - 15332260

    • Peanut butter - 15332261

    • Fruit purées - 15332270

    • Jams - 15332290

    • Apricot jam - 15332291

    • Blackcurrant jam - 15332293

    • Raspberry jam - 15332295

    • Strawberry jam - 15332296

    • Processed nuts - 15332300

    • Refined oils - 15421000

    • Dairy products - 15500000

    • Milk and cream - 15510000

    • Milk - 15511000

    • Milk powder - 15511700

    • Grain mill products, starches and starch products - 15600000

    • Grain mill products - 15610000

    • Cereal or vegetable flour and related products - 15612000

    • Wheat flour - 15612100

    • Wholemeal flour - 15612110

    • Breadmaking flour - 15612120

    • Plain flour - 15612130

    • Pastry flour - 15612150

    • Self-raising flour - 15612190

    • Corn flour - 15612210

    • Mixes for the preparation of baker's wares - 15612400

    • Cake mixes - 15612410

    • Baking mixes - 15612420

    • Cereal grain products - 15613000

    • Ground oats - 15613100

    • Prepared breakfast cereals - 15613310

    • Cornflakes - 15613311

    • Muesli or equivalent - 15613313

    • Puffed wheat - 15613319

    • Rolled oats - 15613380

    • Processed rice - 15614000

    • Long-grain rice - 15614100

    • Starches and starch products - 15620000

    • Glucose and glucose products; fructose and fructose products - 15622000

    • Tapioca - 15624000

    • Semolina - 15625000

    • Custard powder - 15626000

    • Sugar - 15831000

    • White sugar - 15831200

    • Sugar syrups - 15831500

    • Honey - 15831600

    • Desserts - 15833100

    • Farinaceous products - 15851000

    • Uncooked pasta - 15851100

    • Prepared pasta and couscous - 15851200

    • Prepared pasta - 15851210

    • Lasagne - 15851230

    • Couscous - 15851250

    • Canned pasta - 15851290

    • Condiments and seasonings - 15870000

    • Vinegar; sauces; mixed condiments; mustard flour and meal; prepared mustard - 15871000

    • Herbs and spices - 15872000

    • Special nutritional products - 15880000

    • Dietetic products - 15882000

    • Soups and broths - 15891000

    • Meat soups - 15891100

    • Fish soups - 15891200

    • Mixed soups - 15891300

    • Soups - 15891400

    • Soup mixes - 15891410

    • Broths - 15891500

    • Stocks - 15891600

    • Mixes for stocks - 15891610

    • Vegetable soups - 15891900

    • Thickeners - 15892400

    • Dessert mixes - 15893200

    • Gravy mixes - 15893300

    • Canned goods - 15897200

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£9,222,070 to £36,888,285

Procurement reference

tender_264353/929819

Published date

9 March 2021

Closing date

12 April 2021

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

25 October 2021

Contract end date

24 October 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Supply Chain: Food seeks to establish a non-exclusive Framework Agreement for supply to NHS Supply Chain depots via the Stocked route for the supply of Ambient Food covering products from the following categories including but not limited to:
Canned fish, canned meat, canned vegetables, canned fruit, nutritional supplements, thickeners, glucose products, cereals, cereal bars, porridge, jam, reduced energy jams, gravy, bouillon, ready to use sauces, single serve instant soup sachets, liquid soups, soup mixes, custard powder, ready to eat custard, individual custard portions, sauces, salt, pepper, vinegar, caster sugar, sugar cubes, demerara sugar, golden syrup, granulated sugar, icing sugar, soft dark brown sugar, soft light brown sugar, white sugar sticks & sachets, demerara sugar sticks & sachets, sweeteners, milk powder, milk portions, cream replacer, coconut milk, almond milk, oat milk, soya milk, edible oil in various formats, dried fruit, fruit pots, herbs & spices, pasta, rice & grains, instant mash, pickled vegetables, savoury spreads, sweet spreads, desserts, cake mixes, pie fillings, flour, jelly crystals and jelly pots.

Please see below the summary of the routes to market by Lot:
For all Lots the Route to Market will be stocked. For Lots 2, 3 and 16 there will be an option in the commercial
envelope to provide a price for optional routes to market; E-Direct and Blue Diamond.

1 Canned Goods
2 Oral Nutritional Supplements, Thickeners & Glucose Products
3 Cereals & Porridge
4 Jams
5 Reduced Energy Jam
6 Gravy, Bouillons and Cooking Sauces
7 Single Serve Instant Soup
8 Bulk Soup
9 Custard
10 Condiments
11 Sugar
12 Sugar Portions
13 Sweeteners
14 Milk Powder & Portions
15 Non-Diary Milk Alternatives
16 Edible Oils
17 Grocery Lines

Details of the NHS Supply Chain: Food routes to market can be found in Appendix 3e - Operational Suppliers
Requirements.

More information

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Strategic Sourcing

Address

Skipton House, 80 London Road
London
SE1 6LH
England

Email

strategicsourcing@supplychain.nhs.uk