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Published 23 May 2025, 16:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Prepared Meals Provision · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Dynamic marketServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Planned pipeline value£2,800,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 23 May 2025from the planned procurement notice
Market period 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Patient Meals Trust Wide Contract

CPV: Meal delivery service

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market
Market period
2 yrs · up to 3 yrs from 1 Apr 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions
Delivery: South East, South West
Extensions: Extension options published
55521200 Meal delivery service

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
  • “Prepared Meals Provision” is a dynamic market: 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
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 May 2025, 16:37 BST
Last source update
23 May 2025, 16:37 BST
Authority reference
W148543
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026960
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Meal delivery service
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05247e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Admission period ends
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Timeline

23 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 May 2025, 16:37 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    23 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Contract starts209 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    23 May 2025, 16:37 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

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBML-4931-GQBT Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, South East, BN11 2DHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender