National Framework Agreement for Total Food Management
COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · published 21 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 17:00 · questions by 23 Nov 2026, 17:00
- Estimated value
- £45,000,000 excluding VAT where stated
- Procedure
- Open procedure · above threshold · sets up a framework
- Contract dates
- 14 Dec 2026 to 13 Dec 2028
- Where
- UK-wide
- Categories (CPV)
- 15000000 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
- Small businesses
- The buyer marks this as suitable for SMEs.
- Award criteria
- Technical (quality)80%
- Social Value (quality)10%
- Commercial (price)10%
Description
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
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