Official UK procurement notice
Beverages, Confectionery and Snacks 2025
Authority: NHS Supply Chain (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought14 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionPlease provide a detailed description of the notice you are adding:
NHS Supply Chain: Food sought to establish a Non-exclusive Framework Agreement for the supply of Beverages, Confectionery and Snacks to Trusts within the NHS (the “Customer(s)”). via the Stocked Route covering products from the following categories:
Coffee, Tea, Carbonated Drinks, Non-Carbonated Drinks, Cordials, Juice, Water, Vitamin Drinks, Hot Chocolate, Malted Drinks, In-Cup Products, Vending Consumables, Biscuits, Cakes, Crisps Snacks, Confectionery and Healthier Snacking.
The awarded suppliers will be responsible for the supply who will deliver and manage Beverages, Confectionery and Snacks into the NHS and its Trusts for their catering needs.
It is anticipated that in the first 24 months the value of the Framework Agreement will be in the region of £40,000,000. This is based on the circa 300 of Trusts currently using the NHS Supply Chain: Food’s framework.
For the full 48 month term (if extended) the anticipated value of the Framework Agreement will be in the region of £83,200,000. These values are approximate only and are based on the most recent historical usage information, with a forecasted level of growth.
CPV: Apple juice · Bakery products · Beef and veal products · Beverages, tobacco and related products · Black tea · Cakes · Cereal grain products · Cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts · Chocolate · Chocolate and sugar confectionery · Chocolate bars · Chocolate products · +44 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 13 bids on the busiest of 14 lots · 47 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (14)Procurement structure
14 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Retail & Patient CoffeeAwardedRenewalPublished value£12,696,320
This lot will cover Retail & Patient Coffee Including but not limited to Instant freeze-dried coffee granules, Instant freeze dried decaffeinated coffee granules, Instant spay dried coffee granules, Instant spay dried decaffeinated coffee granules, Iced coffee (Ambient stable) and Cappuccino Mixes.
Lot #2Retail & Patient TeaAwardedRenewalPublished value£3,877,120
This lot will cover Retail & Patient Tea Including but not limited to tea bags, bulk brew and flavoured tea bags.
Lot #3Carbonated & Non-Carbonated DrinksAwardedRenewalPublished value£7,854,080
This lot will cover Carbonated & Non-Carbonated Drinks Including but not limited to Cola flavoured drinks, flavoured carbonated drinks and flavoured non-carbonated drinks.
Lot #4Patient CordialsAwardedRenewalPublished value£4,717,440
This lot will cover Patient Cordials Including but not limited to Cordials and Sugar Free Cordials.
Lot #5Retail & Patient JuiceAwardedRenewalPublished value£5,258,240
This lot will cover Retail & Patient Juice Including but not limited to 1L fruit juices, Ambient single serve juice and Juice cartons.
Lot #6Retail & Patient WaterAwardedRenewalPublished value£3,411,200
This lot will cover Retail & Patient Water Including but not limited to Water cuplets, Still water bottle, Sparkling water bottle, Still water can, Sparkling water can and Flavoured water.
Lot #7Vitamin DrinksAwardedRenewalPublished value£615,680
This lot will cover Vitamin Drinks.
Lot #8Hot Chocolate & Malted DrinksAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,213,120
This lot will cover Hot Chocolate & Malted Drinks Including but not limited to Instant hot chocolate powder and instant malted drink powder.
Lot #9In Cup Products & Vending ConsumablesAwardedRenewalPublished value£557,440
This lot will cover In Cup Products & Vending Consumables Including but not limited to 7oz In Cup Hot Beverages.
Lot #10Patient BiscuitsAwardedRenewalPublished value£26,457,600
This lot will cover patient feeding biscuits Including but not limited to roll pack biscuits, mini pack biscuits, gluten free biscuits and savoury biscuits.
Lot #11Patient CakesAwardedRenewalPublished value£3,394,560
This lot will cover patient feeding cakes Including but not limited to individually wrapped cakes, gluten free cakes, vegan cakes and higher energy cakes.
Lot #12Retail & Patient CrispsAwardedRenewalPublished value£7,396,480
This lot will cover retail and patient feeding crisps including but not limited to Fried potato crisps and Non-potato based snacks.
Lot #13ConfectioneryAwardedRenewalPublished value£3,020,160
This lot will cover confectionery Including but not limited to retail sweets and chocolate bars.
Lot #14Healthier SnacksAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,730,560
This lot will cover healthier snacks Including but not limited to Savoury snacks (lower in sugar, fat salt and calorie content), rice cakes, popcorn, fruit based snacks, Fruit pouches, cereal bars, Malt & fruit based loaves and Nuts.
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)
- Financial: 85%
- Social Value – Fighting Climate Change: 10%
- Social Value – Equal Opportunity: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Financial: 85
- Social Value – Fighting Climate Change: 10
- Social Value – Equal Opportunity: 5
- Suitability
Applicants may bid for one, more than one or all lots and Applicants should refer to the Invitation to Tender for more information in respect of this.
The term of contracts formed under the Framework Agreement may continue beyond the end of the term of the Framework Agreement itself.
NHS Supply Chain: Food will share savings information in order to assist its customers with making informed procurement decisions. 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:
- any NHS Trust;
- any other NHS entity;
- any government department, agency or other statutory body;
- any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector and/or
- 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.
Electronic ordering will be used and electronic invoicing will be accepted and electronic payment will be used.
NHS Supply Chain: Food does not guarantee any level of purchase through the Framework and advises applicants that the Framework shall be established on a non-exclusive basis. Tenders and all supporting documentation for the contract must be priced in sterling and written in English. Any agreement entered into will be considered a contract made in England according to English law and will be subject to t…
- “Beverages, Confectionery and Snacks 2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 19 Jan 2024, 14:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Aug 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041606- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042e8cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
The Framework Agreement includes obligations with respect to contract performance for the successful supplier
Publisher note: Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information: This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eProcurement portal at https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/ 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 using the URL https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/ to access the portal. Please see instructions below on how to Express Interest and Intend to Respond: Selection Questionnaire 1. 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 find an ITT titled 'Beverages, Confectionery & Snacks 2025’, click into this. 2. Once you have clicked into the ITT, click ‘Express Interest’ in the top right-hand corner. Once you have expressed interest in the ITT, a new option will appear titled ‘Intent to Respond’. You will need to click intend to respond to be able to fill in a response. 3. Once you have Expressed Interest and Intended to Respond to the ITT, this will now sit under ‘My ITTs’ in the Supplier Area and will no longer show under ‘ITTs Open to all Suppliers’. Lots 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 find 14 ITTs which are the Lots for this Framework Agreement. The ITTs will have the following titles: Lot 1 – Retail & Patient Coffee Lot 2 – Retail & Patient Tea Lot 3 – Carbonated & Non-Carbonated Drinks Lot 4 – Patient Cordials Lot 5 – Retail & Patient Juice Lot 6 – Retail & Patient Water Lot 7 – Vitamin Drinks Lot 8 – Hot Chocolate & Malted Drinks Lot 9 – In Cup Products & Vending Consumables Lot 10 – Patient Biscuits Lot 11 – Patient Cakes Lot 12 – Retail & Patient Crisps Lot 13 – Confectionery Lot 14 – Healthier Snacks Once you have clicked into your chosen Lot(s), click ‘Express Interest’ in the top right-hand corner. Once you have expressed interest in the ITT, a new option will appear titled ‘Intent to Respond’. You will need to click intend to respond to be able to fill in a response. Once you have Expressed Interest and Intended to Respond to the ITT, this will now sit under ‘My ITTs’ in the Supplier Area and will no longer show under ‘ITTs Open to all Suppliers’. Submission instructions for this procurement will be included within the Invitation to Tender 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 Invitation to Tender document. For any technical help with the portal please contact: Tel: 0800 069 8630 or email: [email protected]
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Aug 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 210 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 Aug 2024, 09:00 BST
Timeline
19 Jun 2024 → 30 Dec 2024 · 4 dates- Next notice expected19 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Aug 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened8 Aug 2024, 09:00 BST
- Notice published30 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2024- Published value updated to £83,200,0002 Jul 2024, 13:16 BSTwas £70,000,000
- Status changed to active2 Jul 2024, 13:16 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Jul 2024, 13:16 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Aug 2024, 15:00 BST2 Jul 2024, 13:16 BST
- Status changed to complete30 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast14 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Retail & Patient Coffee
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £12,696,320
- Status
- active
Patient Biscuits
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £26,457,600
- Status
- active
Patient Cakes
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £3,394,560
- Status
- active
Retail & Patient Crisps
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £7,396,480
- Status
- active
Confectionery
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £3,020,160
- Status
- active
Healthier Snacks
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £1,730,560
- Status
- active
Retail & Patient Tea
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £3,877,120
- Status
- active
Carbonated & Non-Carbonated Drinks
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £7,854,080
- Status
- active
Patient Cordials
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £4,717,440
- Status
- active
Retail & Patient Juice
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £5,258,240
- Status
- active
Retail & Patient Water
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £3,411,200
- Status
- active
Vitamin Drinks
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £615,680
- Status
- active
Hot Chocolate & Malted Drinks
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £2,213,120
- Status
- active
In Cup Products & Vending Consumables
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £557,440
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Retail & Patient Coffee | 11bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Retail & Patient Tea | 13bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Carbonated & Non-Carbonated Drinks | 12bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Patient Cordials | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 5 · Retail & Patient Juice | 6bids | — | — | — |
| 6 · Retail & Patient Water | 13bids | — | — | — |
| 7 · Vitamin Drinks | 5bids | — | — | — |
| 8 · Hot Chocolate & Malted Drinks | 10bids | — | — | — |
| 9 · In Cup Products & Vending Consumables | 5bids | — | — | — |
| 10 · Patient Biscuits | 6bids | — | — | — |
| 11 · Patient Cakes | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 12 · Retail & Patient Crisps | 7bids | — | — | — |
| 13 · Confectionery | 8bids | — | — | — |
| 14 · Healthier Snacks | 10bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
61 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awardedThe first 50 of 61 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.
- AIMIA FOODSFramework contractor
- ALPINE HEALTH GROUP LTDFramework contractor
- Alpine VendingFramework contractor
- Alpine VendingFramework contractor
- Alpine Vending Co LtdFramework contractor
- Britvic Soft DrinksFramework contractor
- Britvic Soft Drinks LimitedFramework contractor
- CDS Medical LimitedFramework contractor
- CDS Medical LimitedFramework contractor
- Cafea UK LtdFramework contractor
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- Calbee Group UK LtdFramework contractor
- Calbee Group UK LtdFramework contractor
- Catapult Enterprises (London) Ltd (T/A WARP and We Are Real and Proper)Framework contractor
- Coca Cola European PartnersFramework contractor
- DASH Brands LtdFramework contractor
- Fulfil Limited t/a Queensland BakeryFramework contractor
- Hunts Food Group LtdFramework contractor
- Hunts Food Group LtdFramework contractor
- Hunts Food Group LtdFramework contractor
- Jacobs Douwe Egberts GB LTD (Professional Division)Framework contractor
- KP SnacksFramework contractor
- KP SnacksFramework contractor
- Life Uk LtdFramework contractor
- Midland Chilled Foods LimitedFramework contractor
- MondelezFramework contractor
- Mondelez UKFramework contractor
- More or Less Drinks Company LimitedFramework contractor
- NEMI Teas LimitedFramework contractor
- Nestle UK LtdFramework contractor
- Nestle UK LtdFramework contractor
- Nestlé Waters & Healthy Beverages UKFramework contractor
- Nutricia Ltd t/a Danone UKFramework contractor
- Nutshell PackagingFramework contractor
- Nutshell PackagingFramework contractor
- Oranka Fruit Juices LimitedFramework contractor
- P Mulrines and Sons SalesFramework contractor
- Phil-A- Cup Ltd T/A Argie's CoffeeFramework contractor
- Portion SolutionsFramework contractor
- Punchy Drinks LtdFramework contractor
- RM CURTIS & CO LTDFramework contractor
- Radnor HillsFramework contractor
- Re:Water (Berrington Spring Water Ltd.)Framework contractor
- Refresco Beverages UK LtdFramework contractor
- Refreshment Systems LimitedFramework contractor
- SNACKLINE DIRECT LTDFramework contractor
- SNACKLINE DIRECT LTDFramework contractor
- SNACKLINE DIRECT LTDFramework contractor
- Select Catering SuppliesFramework contractor
- Selecta UK LtdFramework contractor
- TOVALI LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria