Official UK procurement notice
Fresh and Food to Go Direct Solutions Framework
Authority: NHS Supply Chain (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNHS Supply Chain: Food is sought after suppliers who had the capacity and capability to deliver and possess the drive to work collaboratively with Trusts to provide the right solution and Fresh & Food to Go Direct Solutions Framework into the NHS and its Trusts for their patient and retail catering needs.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS
It is important to note that this Framework is being put in place to work alongside our current DPS Agreements which cover Fresh Foods DPS: 2022/S 000-020877 and Food to Go DPS: 2023/S 000-027917.
No competition exercises will be undertaken under this Framework, and it will be utilised for Direct Award ONLY.
Competitions will only be conducted under the DPS Agreements mentioned above.
Therefore, it is a mandatory requirement that Applicants submit their Full Supplier Catalogue in Appendix 7 and complete in full, this will allow customers to review suppliers offers and solutions for them to review ahead of considering direct award to any awarded supplier under this Framework Agreement.
Applicants should note that if the award is not facilitated through NHS Supply Chain: Food it is a mandatory requirement to inform NHS Supply Chain: Food of any award under this Framework Agreement to any of the above entities
This procurement is for:
Non-exclusive Framework Agreement for the supply to Trusts within the NHS (the "Customer(s)"). Via Direct Route of supply for but not limited to:
Fresh Food including Milk, Bread & Bakery, Fruit & Vegetables, Meat & Poultry and Meat Alternatives
Food to Go including Patient feeding solutions and Café Retails feeding solutions
The Framework Agreement will have an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend incrementally for up to a further 24 months.
The contract will be for a maximum term of 48 months.
It is anticipated that in the first 24 months the value of the Framework Agreement will be in the region of £70,000,000. Lot 1 - Fresh Food £54,000,000 and Lot 2 - Food to Go £16,000,000
For the full 48 month term (if extended) the anticipated value of the Framework Agreement will be in the region of £140,000,000. Lot 1 - Fresh Food £108,000,000 and Lot 2 - Food to Go £32,000,000
CPV: Beef · Bread products · Cakes · Chickens · Cream · Dairy products · Desserts · Eggs · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Fresh fish fillets · Game · Ice cream and similar products · +19 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 140 suppliers · 77 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (0.6 per place) · 104 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Fresh FoodAwardedRenewalPublished value£54,000,000
This lot will cover Milk, Bread & Bakery, Fruit & Vegetables, Meat & Poultry and Meat Alternatives, including but not limited to milk, dairy, bread, morning goods, fruit, vegetables, meat alternatives, meat and poultry.
The value for the first 24 months is anticipated to be £54,000,000 and £108,000,000 for the full 48 months (if extended).
Applicants may tender for one, more than one, or all the LINES detailed in Lot 1.
Lot #2Food To GoAwardedRenewalPublished value£16,000,000
This lot will cover Patient feeding solutions and Café Retails feeding solutions, including but not limited to sandwiches, filled rolls and Fresh & Food to Go Direct Solutions Framework AND 2024/S 000-0101959 subs, bagels, baguettes, wraps, flatbreads, focaccias, toasties and paninis, Hospitality sandwiches and salads, sandwich fillings, sweet and savoury pastry products, street eat food, cakes, leaf, pasta or noodle-based salads, snacks pots, hot boxes, savoury pastries, yogurts, fruit and other desserts, soups, confectionery & snacks, drinks.
The value for the first 24 months is anticipated to be £16,000,000 and £32,000,000 for the full 48 months (if extended)
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 (6)
- Enviroment: 14%
- Sales, Services & Quality: 16%
- Financial: 40%
- Social Value - Fighting Climate Change: 5%
- Social Value - Equal Opportunity: 5%
- Sustainability: 20%
Published award criteria (6)
- Social Value - Fighting Climate Change: 5
- Social Value - Equal Opportunity: 5
- Sustainability: 20
- Enviroment: 14
- Sales, Services & Quality: 16
- Financial: 40
- 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 …
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Fresh and Food to Go Direct Solutions Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 140 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- 28 Mar 2024, 09:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Oct 2024, 10:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 May 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-033504- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044dfaFind 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: - 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 ‘Fresh & Food to Go Direct Solutions’, click into this. - 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. - 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’. 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
- 10 May 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 210 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 May 2024, 09:00 BST
Timeline
10 May 2024 → 17 Oct 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown10 May 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened13 May 2024, 09:00 BST
- Notice published17 Oct 2024, 10:38 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Aug 2024, 14:18 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Text25.11 | — | Air freight for goods will only be considered if a Force Majeure event has occurred, suppliers must gain written approval from NHS Supply Chain: Food to utilise air freight for the delivery of any goods into NHS Supply Chain or any of its customers. |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Fresh Food
- Signed
- 26 Jul 2024
- Value
- £54,000,000
- Status
- active
Food To Go
- Signed
- 26 Jul 2024
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Fresh Food | 77bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Food To Go | 47bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
106 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awardedThe first 50 of 106 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.
- AG Axton & Sons (Wholesale) LtdFramework contractor
- ANCHOR CATERING LTDFramework contractor
- Antony Morawski Ltd t/a Thomas MossFramework contractor
- Arthur Brett Catering LtdFramework contractor
- Arthur David (Food with Service)Framework contractor
- BFS Group Limited - T/A BidfoodFramework contractor
- BFS Group Limited - T/A Oliver KayFramework contractor
- Basketdrop Ltd.Framework contractor
- Bio&Me LimitedFramework contractor
- Braces Bakery LtdFramework contractor
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- Brake Bros LtdFramework contractor
- Breadwinners FoundationFramework contractor
- C&G WHOLESALE FOODS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CHEW VALLEY DAIRY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CLEGG'S CHILLED FOOD SERVICEFramework contractor
- CLEGG'S CHILLED FOOD SERVICEFramework contractor
- Carpenter Catering LimitedFramework contractor
- Carpigiani UK LtdFramework contractor
- Click Clack Vending LtdFramework contractor
- Clifton Dairies LImitedFramework contractor
- Cotteswold Dairy LtdFramework contractor
- Country Kitchen Foods (Norfolk) LtdFramework contractor
- County Foods LtdFramework contractor
- Cramart Ltd T/A Bentley Foodservice LtdFramework contractor
- Creamline Dairies LimitedFramework contractor
- Crowndale Food Service LTDFramework contractor
- DAVID MILLER FROZEN FOODSFramework contractor
- Delifresh LtdFramework contractor
- Dunsters Farm LtdFramework contractor
- Embleton Hall Dairies LimitedFramework contractor
- Epicurean Dairy LtdFramework contractor
- Flawsome Brands LTDFramework contractor
- Food Attraction LtdFramework contractor
- Food Division Ltd.Framework contractor
- Fresh ConnectFramework contractor
- Fresh Direct (UK) LimitedFramework contractor
- Fulfil LImited / t/a Queensland BakeryFramework contractor
- GW Price LtdFramework contractor
- Greenwood Foods LtdFramework contractor
- Hallam Country Fresh FoodsFramework contractor
- Harlech Foodservice LtdFramework contractor
- HeartCooked Ltd T/A Chefiesta VendingFramework contractor
- Henley Bridge Ingredients LimitedFramework contractor
- Hunts Food Group LtdFramework contractor
- IMS of Smithfield LtdFramework contractor
- IRMA MANAGEMENT T/A Jude'sFramework contractor
- Island Foods LtdFramework contractor
- J Freeman & Sons Limited t/a Freeman Catering ButchersFramework contractor
- J R Holland Food Services LtdFramework contractor
- J R Wholesale Sussex LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria