Published date: 28 January 2021

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Awarded contract (published 23 June 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Food, beverages, tobacco and related products - 15000000

  • Miscellaneous food products - 15800000

  • Dietetic products - 15882000

    • Prepared meals - 15894200

    • School meals - 15894210

    • Hospital meals - 15894220

    • Prepared dishes - 15894300

    • Deep-frozen products - 15896000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£20,000,000

Procurement reference

ESPO001-DN452981-98713208

Published date

28 January 2021

Closing date

6 October 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 January 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

ESPO is seeking to establish a multi supplier framework agreement for the supply of frozen Ready Meal
Solutions that shall include complete single portion main meals and desserts and multi-portion meal components, including main and side dishes, desserts and sweet and savoury sauces. Lot 1 - Single Portion Ready Meals, Lot 2- Multi-Portion Meal Components. The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The total estimated value
stated includes the option period. To tender: (a) Go to
www.eastmidstenders.org, (b) Register (c) Search for tender opportunity '58_21' d) Express an interest (e)
Download the tender from the website.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

58_21 Ready Meals

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 July 2020

Links

Additional text

To express an interest:
(a) go to www.eastmidstenders.org
(b) register;
(c) search for tender opportunity '58_20';
(d) express an interest.
As a Central Purchasing Body as defined by the EU Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU, the Framework
Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/ESPO/media/Documents/FAQs/
ESPO-s_powers_to_trade__website_-2016-12-22.pdf) that also fall into one of the following classifications of
user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including
Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard
Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered
Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons;
or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details
of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: http://www.espo.org/
About-us-(1)/FAQs/Legal
ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are
third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other
organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be
asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading
Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself.
Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt,
not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading
Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to
third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other
public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only.
An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.

Award information

Awarded date

5 January 2021

Contract start date

18 January 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2022

Total value of contract

£20,000,000

This contract was awarded to 5 suppliers.

apetito Limited

Address

Canal Road Trowbridge BA14 8RJ

Reference

None

BFS Group Ltd T/A Bidfood

Address

814 Leigh Road Berkshire Slough SL1 4BD

Reference

None

ICare

Address

Building 3, Kingcraig Business Park Kingcraig Road Blackpool FY2 0PJ

Reference

None

N.H.Case Ltd.

Address

Bennetts Field Trading Estate Somerset Wincanton BA9 9DT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

County Enterprise Foods part of Nottinghamshire County Council

Address

Dukeries Way Dukeries Industrial Estate Worksop Nottinghamshire S81 7DW

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Food and communities procurement team

Address

Barnsdale Way, Grove Park
Enderby
Leicester
LE19 1ES
England

Email

tenders@espo.org

Website

http://www.espo.org/