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National Framework Agreement for Total Food Management

National Framework Agreement for Total Food Management is a UK public sector tender from Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK-wide), with an estimated value of £45m (excluding VAT). The closing date is .

In our daily copy of Find a Tender and Contracts Finder data (), 6 open tenders share CPV 15000000; Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has 2 open tenders; the median stated value for that CPV code is £12.8m.

National Framework Agreement for Total Food Management. Source: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder
BuyerCountess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Chester)
Published
Closing date, 17:00 UK time
Estimated value£45m (excluding VAT)
CPV code15000000 — Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
39222000 — Catering supplies
55300000 — Restaurant and food-serving services
55400000 — Beverage-serving services
55500000 — Canteen and catering services
79723000 — Waste analysis services
CPV categoryFood, beverages, tobacco and related products
Contract typeServices
ProcedureOpen procedure
RegionUK-wide
Location—
Marked suitable forSMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), VCSEs (voluntary, community and social enterprises)
SourceFind a Tender, notice 099452-2026

Read the full notice and documents on Find a Tender

Summary from the notice

The objective of this framework is to offer an end-to-end approach to food and beverage procurement, distribution, preparation, waste management, and reporting for public sector organisations, using a single supplier. Most public sector organisations currently contract multiple suppliers for…

Official summary as published on Find a Tender (shortened).

How this procurement works

This is an open procedure: any interested supplier can submit a full tender by the closing date.

Who can bid

The buyer marked this tender as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. That is a signal the buyer expects smaller organisations to be able to bid, but you still need to meet the requirements in the notice.

Closing date

39 days left: the deadline for tenders is , 17:00 UK time (as of ). Late submissions are normally rejected; check the notice for the exact time and how to submit.

Next steps

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  4. Prepare your response, including any social value questions, and submit before the closing date.

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