Live tenders / COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
National Framework Agreement for Total Food Management
What the buyer is asking for
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 different parts of their food and beverage services, ingredients, catering staff, logistics, and waste management. This often leads to operational complexity, duplication of effort, and lack of integration across procurement, nutrition, sustainability, and waste reduction
How this is scored
Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.
- 80%qualityTechnical
- 10%qualitySocial Value
- 10%priceCommercial
- Value
- £45,000,000
- Submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT (23 days left)
- Enquiry deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by
- 14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract start
- Not stated
- Contract end
- Not stated
- Category
- services
- Lots
- 1
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- CPV codes
- 15000000, 39222000, 55300000
- Legal basis
- 2023/54
How contested is this?
Buyers publish how many bids they received. Across 55 comparable procurements we can tell you the typical field size, how often one of these goes uncontested, and whether the buyer awards on price or on quality.
Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London
- Tender notice published16 days ago21 Oct 2026, 12:49 BST
- Clarification questions byin 17 days23 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 24 days30 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 38 days14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
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Bid statistics
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Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender
- Pipeline or early engagement notice24 Jun 2026, 11:37 BST059327-2026
- Tender notice21 Oct 2026, 12:49 BST099452-2026
How to bid
Offers must be written in English and submitted via the Framework Host's e-sourcing portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Contract Ref: C484395
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