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title: "WSCC AE Meals on Wheels Service"
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# WSCC AE Meals on Wheels Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wscc-ae-meals-on-wheels-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0302f8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Sussex County Council: "WSCC AE Meals on Wheels Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £8,400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Sussex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-sussex-county-council-ons-e10000032)
- **Published Value:** £8,400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 January 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Meals-on-wheels services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £8,400,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wscc-ae-meals-on-wheels-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0302f8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0302f8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wscc-ae-meals-on-wheels-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0302f8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsesharedservices%2Faspx%2FTenders%2FCurrent)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wscc-ae-meals-on-wheels-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0302f8#participate

## Description
This Invitation to Tender (ITT) is issued by WSCC to seek and identify suitably qualified and interested organisations from the private, public and third (voluntary, community and charitable) sector for the provision of the Community Meals on Wheels Services. This is being tendered by West Sussex County Council (WSCC) in accordance with the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (CCR 2016). The Services are predominantly for residents over 55 years of age living in the community of West Sussex. A balanced nutritional offering for the Customers and their specific needs, is essential to help maintain their Wellbeing and ability to stay living in their own homes for longer and help to avoid hospital admissions through malnutrition or slower healing times through ineffective diet.The food supply element of the Services is to be made available for the Council’s Directly Provided Services (Day Centres), and other establishments as requested, such as lunch clubs, to use for the lunch time

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55521100
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £8,400,000
- **Description:** The Services are predominantly for residents over 55 years of age living in the community of West Sussex. A balanced nutritional offering for the Customers and their specific needs, is essential to help maintain their Wellbeing and ability to stay li...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** WSCC AE Meals on Wheels Service (active)
  - Award id: `010533-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Apetito Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-128406`
  - Value: £8,400,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** WSCC AE Meals on Wheels Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,400,000
  - Signed Date: 11/04/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010533-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-04-25T05:48:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T20:23:16.041Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0302f8