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Published 12 Jun 2025, 06:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Inpatient Catering Meals and Services

Official notice

Authority: East of England Community and Health Care NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£7,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 31 Oct 2028 · up to 31 Oct 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Inpatient catering meals and associated services to an NHS Trust. This managed service includes the provision and delivery of cook chill and or cook frozen patient meals to a number of mental health ward environments. Please note that this procurement is likely to be run as a further competition from the NHS Supply Chain Food framework offerings. Any dates listed in this notice are working estimates only and are subject to change.

CPV: Catering services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 1 Nov 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Oct 2030 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
55520000 Catering services

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Inpatient Catering Meals and Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Jun 2025, 06:38 BST
Last source update
12 Jun 2025, 06:38 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031720
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Catering services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05472a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

12 Jun 2025 → 1 Nov 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    12 Jun 2025, 06:38 BST
  2. Tender notice expected385 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Contract starts355 days ago
    1 Nov 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    12 Jun 2025, 06:38 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDCT-6296-BWNQ Norwich Community Hospital, Bowthorpe Road, Norwich, East of England, NR2 3TUContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender