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Provision of inpatient meals (cook/chill/frozen service)

Catering services
Prepared meals
East of England (UKH14)
East of England (UKH15)
East of England (UKH16)
East of England (UKH17)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust: "Provision of inpatient meals (cook/chill/frozen service)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNorfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 5 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNorfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published29 Aug 2023, 13:52 BST
Last source update29 Aug 2023, 13:52 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCatering services, Prepared meals
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
East of England (UKH15)
East of England (UKH16)
East of England (UKH17)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03f79c
What is being bought
Under section 32 (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has awarded a contract to Country Kitchen Foods for the provision of cook/chill meals for its inpatient units across Norfolk and Suffolk. This contract award, without call for competition, is being awarded following the short notice cessation of service from the previous service provider. The award is being made for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority , the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with. This contract award is being made for an initial 12 month period, to enable the Trust to made suitable alterations to delivery requirements to facilitate a procurement process at a later date.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Aug 2023, 13:52 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    29 Aug 2023, 13:52 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    29 Aug 2023, 13:52 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This contract is for the provision of cook/chill/frozen meals to patients currently within the care of NSFT, delivered daily to each of the Trust's inpatient units. Food is reheated for patient consumption using a regeneration oven for up to two meals per patient, per day. Following the previous service provider falling into administration, the Trust has secured a one year contract with Country Kitchen Foods to ensure continuity of patient meals and catering services. The circumstances invoked to justify extreme urgency were not, in any event, attributable to the contracting authority.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    29 Aug 2023, 13:52 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST · £1,179,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Country Kitchen Foods (Norfolk)
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,179,000 · signed 1 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authority GB-FTS-63060
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  • Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
    buyer

    Drayton High Road, NORWICH, UKH1, NR6 5BE
    steven.worley@nchc.nhs.uk
    +44 1603785866

  • Country Kitchen Foods (Norfolk)
    supplier

    GB-COH: 10312324
    Cawston, UKH

  • Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
    reviewBody

    Norwich
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleUnder section 32 (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has awarded a contract to Country Kitchen Foods for the provision of cook/chill meals for its inpatient units across Norfolk and Suffolk. This contract award, without call for competition, is being awarded following the short notice cessation of service from the previous service provider. The award is being made for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority , the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with. This contract award is being made for an initial 12 month period, to enable the Trust to made suitable alterations to delivery requirements to facilitate a procurement process at a later date. The service currently requires a 7 day a week delivery service (as provided by the previous contracted service provider) and requires time to make infrastructure changes to remove or reduce this dependency. The Trust is not currently in a position to be able to facilitate less than a daily delivery service.