Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

Tender description

NHS Supply Chain: Food seeks to establish a non-exclusive framework agreement for the supply to trusts within the NHS (the customer(s))via the direct route of the supply supply of fresh fruit and vegetables. The framework will cover but not limited to fruit and vegetables including prepared fruit, prepared salads, prepared vegetables, fresh fruit, salads, fresh vegetables and par-cooked frozen potatoes and chips in the core range (evaluated product lines) and all other varieties in the additional lines. The framework will cover prepared fruit, prepared salads, prepared vegetables, fresh fruit, salads, fresh vegetables and par-cooked frozen potatoes and chips. The value for the first 12 months is anticipated to be 5 188 396 GBP and 20 753 584 GBP for the full 48 months (if extended). Important information: It is a mandatory requirement that applicants tender for all the product lines in Lot 1. Failure to do so will result in the applicant’s tender submission for all submitted product lines for Lot 1 not being evaluated further. For applicants tender submissions to be evaluated in Step 3 and 4, all product lines in Lot 1 must also meet the specification and product line descriptions to be evaluated further. This lot will be evaluated on a lot basis. Applicants must meet or exceed a hurdle of 50 % for the lot to be awarded.