Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

Tender description

The United Kingdom (UK) Deployable Food Programme requirement aims to deliver a cost effective, fully optimised, low risk feeding capability to meet the requirements of the British Armed Forces and entitled personnel for all areas within scope, in accordance with the agreed UK, EU and Defence Food Quality Standards. The United Kingdom (UK) Deployable Food Programme requirement aims to deliver a cost effective, fully optimised, low risk feeding capability to meet the requirements of the British Armed Forces and entitled personnel for all areas within scope, in accordance with the agreed UK, EU and Defence Food Quality Standards. The term of the contract is three years with the possibility of a one year option available at the discretion of the Authority, with the value of the contract likely to be in the range of 80 000 000 GBP to 120 000 000 GBP. The Potential Provider shall manage the supply chain to source and deliver fresh, ambient, chilled and frozen food products of approximately 1 000 lines to Standing and Temporary Locations in the UK. Potential providers must have the capability and flexibility to cope with the demands and surge requirements of the British Armed Forces. You can find detailed information about the requirement in the supporting procurement documentation. Standing Locations: The standing locations are spread geographically, from the Outer Islands of Scotland to the South coast of England, from training areas in Wales to sites in Northern Ireland; delivery to Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels are in scope as well. These are permanent sites, that can be civilian as well as Ministry of Defence owned, where UK Armed Forces and entitled personnel are required to be fed from the UK Deployable Food contract; These sites will place orders directly with the Contractor without requiring the approval of the Authority. Temporary Locations: The Authority may require the Potential Provider to provide food supply to temporary locations. In some cases these will be ‘pop-up shut-down’ sites where a recurring but infrequent exercise location is used for a specific reason. Procurement will be managed by the MOD and following contract award, the contract will transfer to the management of MOD's Delivery Partner Team Leidos, through the life of the contract.