Published date: 12 July 2021

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Fruit vegetables - 03221200

  • 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

Any region

Value of contract

£9,222,070 to £36,888,285

Procurement reference

tender_264353/977109

Published date

12 July 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 sought 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 was 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

Previous notice about this procurement

Ambient Food

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 March 2021

Links

Additional text

Ambient Food Contracts Finder Contract Notice

Award information

Awarded date

24 June 2021

Contract start date

25 October 2021

Contract end date

24 October 2025

Total value of contract

£36,888,285

This contract was awarded to 31 suppliers.

Aimia Foods Limited

Address

Penny Lane, Haydock, Merseyside, WA11 0QZ

Reference

Companies House number: 01542173

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Aymes International LTD

Address

Office Ff10, Brooklands House 58 Marlborough Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, West Sussex, England, BN15 8AF

Reference

Companies House number: 06603123

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

BBI Healthcare Ltd

Address

Venture House, Downshire Way, Bracknell, England, RG12 1WA

Reference

Companies House number: 05623945

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

BI (Europe) Ltd

Address

21-22 Kernan Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, LE11 5JF

Reference

Companies House number: 06735092

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Biofloratech Ltd

Address

9 Bridge Street, Bridge Street, Walton-On-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, KT12 1AE

Reference

Companies House number: 09574690

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Cereal Partners UK

Address

Albany Place, 28 Bridge Rd E, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1RR

Reference

No reference - partnership

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Dietary Foods Limited

Address

Cumberland House, Brook Street, Soham Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, CB7 5BA

Reference

Companies House number: 00807107

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

H.J. HEINZ FOODS UK LIMITED

Address

The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London, England, SE1 9SG

Reference

Companies House number: 08322668

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Histon Sweet Spreads Limited

Address

Templar House 4225 Park Approach, Thorpe Park, Leeds, England, LS15 8GB

Reference

Companies House number: 07958787

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Ivory & Ledoux Limited

Address

201 Haverstock Hill, London, NW3 4QG

Reference

Companies House number: 00529807

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Juiceworks Limited

Address

Sonex House Sharston Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, M22 4RX

Reference

Companies House number: 04450381

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Kellogg Marketing and Sales Company (UK) Limited

Address

Orange Tower Media City Uk, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, M50 2HF

Reference

Companies House number: 03237431

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Lakeland Dairies (N.I.) Limited

Address

31 Main Street, Augher, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT77 0BG

Reference

Companies House number: NI041907

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Major International Limited

Address

Finance Offices Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, England, TN24 0LT

Reference

Companies House number: 02440746

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Marillo Foods Limited

Address

Laurel House, 173 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 4QZ

Reference

Companies House number: 04455911

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Mark Clegg & Company Limited

Address

Higher College Farm, Lower Lane, Hothersall ,Longridge, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2YJ

Reference

Companies House number: 06101848

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Martin Mathew & Co. Ltd

Address

50a St. Andrew Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 1JA

Reference

Companies House number: 01126990

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Nestle UK Ltd

Address

1 City Place, Gatwick, RH6 0PA

Reference

Companies House number: 00051491

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Nutricia Limited

Address

Newmarket Avenue, Whitehorse Business Park, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 0XQ

Reference

Companies House number: 00275552

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Nutshell Portions Limited

Address

Churchfields Industrial Estate, Telford Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7PZ

Reference

Companies House number: 08699496

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Olleco

Address

Battlefield Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 4AH

Reference

Companies House number: 05878742

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Portion Solutions Limited

Address

Stafford Park 6, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 3AT

Reference

Companies House number: 04284442

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Premier Foods PLC

Address

Premier House, Centrium Business Park, Griffiths Way St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2RE

Reference

Companies House number: 05160050

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

S.P.L FOODS LIMITED

Address

Spl Ltd Drury Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 7PH

Reference

Companies House number: 02579526

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Streamline Foods Limited

Address

Unit 2a, New Barn Farm Tadlow Road, Tadlow, Royston, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, SG8 0EP

Reference

Companies House number: 00534797

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

The Silver Spoon Company Limited

Address

Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY

Reference

Companies House number: 00117952

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Tilda Limited

Address

Coldharbour Lane, Rainham, Essex, RM13 9YQ

Reference

Companies House number: 00990202

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Unilever UK Limited

Address

Unilever House, Springfield Drive, Leatherhead, KT22 7GR

Reference

Companies House number: 00334527

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

WALKERS SNACKS LIMITED

Address

450 South Oak Way, Green Park, Reading, RG2 6UW

Reference

Companies House number: 03474989

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Weetabix Limited

Address

Weetabix Mills, Burton Latimer, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 5JR

Reference

Companies House number: 00267687

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

W.McClure Ltd

Address

College Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1BX

Reference

Companies House number: 00685360

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Strategic Sourcing

Address

Skipton House, 80 London Road
London
SE1 6LH
England

Email

strategicsourcing@supplychain.nhs.uk