Official UK procurement notice
Multi Temperature Food · UK public procurement notice
Authority: SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Supply Chain: Food is planning to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of products including but not limited to: Frozen Food, Ambient Food & Chilled Food.
The Framework Agreement is expected to be divided into lots. Final lot structure and scope will be detailed in the future tender notice.
The current intention is to use a Framework Agreement. However, NHS Supply Chain: Food reserves the right to adopt a different procurement approach if deemed more suitable.
CPV: Beef · Bread products, fresh pastry goods and cakes · Cakes · Canned goods · Cereals and potatoes · Chickens · Cream · Dairy products · Desserts · Eggs · Fish · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · +24 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 13 Mar 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Multi Temperature Food” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED buys Meat (CPV 1511), and who usually turns up
SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Meat (CPV 1511) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 107 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 0%
2–36% / 12%
4–644% / 35%
7+50% / 53%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 1511Published estimate£620m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 43 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–312%
4–635%
7+53%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 11 May 2026, 14:35 BST
- Last source update
- 22 May 2026, 13:34 BST
- Authority reference
FAG 1761- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047886- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
11 May 2026 → 13 Mar 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published163 days ago11 May 2026, 14:35 BST
- Latest notice published152 days ago22 May 2026, 13:34 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 94 days22 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
We are seeking to engage with interested suppliers who can supply the Goods detailed in the procurement description. Suppliers can express interest in the opportunity using the following link:
PORTAL ACCESS & EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
- Login with URL nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com// ↗
- Click on "SQs Open to All Suppliers" and search for the title of the procurement:
SQ_674-
Multi Temperature Food Framework RFI
Please note once you have expressed interest, you will be able to locate SQ_674 under “My SQs”.
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)
- Click on the 'Response Form' tab.
- Answer the questions in the Qualification Envelope
- Click 'submit response.
On receipt of an Expression of Interest (EOI) and Request for Information (RFI), the relevant Buyer may contact you to arrange an engagement meeting. Please note this may not be undertaken with all interested Applicants due to timescales and resource.
Any communication regarding this RFI will be issued either via the Messages tab on Jaggaer or by the relevant Buyer.
22nd May 2026 - 14th September 2026 - Request for Information (RFI) issued, and responses reviewed.
15th September 2026 - 22nd January 2027 – Engagement meetings held with incumbent and new suppliers.
22nd January 2027 - 27th March 2027 - Category Team to analyse feedback and input into strategy as required.
Suppliers can, at any point during the engagement period (up to 22nd January 2027) contact the NHS Supply Chain: Food to discuss the proposed procurement by sending a message via the Messages tab on SQ_674.
There is no guarantee that a formal procurement process will be launched as a result of this early market engagement exercise, nor that any contract(s) will be placed. No remuneration or compensation etc will be paid to organisations who take part in this early market engagement exercise. Suppliers should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
- Tender notice expectedin 189 days27 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts13 Mar 2028
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 May 2026- Pipeline notice published11 May 2026, 14:35 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 May 2026, 13:34 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £620,000,00022 May 2026, 13:34 BST
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender