NHS Supply Chain: Food sought to establish a non-exclusive DPS Agreement for the supply of Food To Go to NHS Supply Chain: Food’s customer base via the Direct Route covering products including but not limited to: Patient Feeding Sandwiches, Salads, and Snack pots. Retail Sandwiches, Salads, Sandwich Fillings, Cakes, Street Food, Snack pots, pies, pastries, pizza, frozen desserts & ice cream, chilled & frozen drinks, grab & go food, branded equipment linked to food brands included in DPS.

The DPS will be in place for a minimum of 7 years with an approximate spend of £78,831,476m and will be the main procurement route for NHS Trusts Food To Go requirements. The DPS is open for applications until 20 September 2030 as a minimum.

The DPS is divided into 2 categories of products and Applicants may apply to be included on any or all of the product categories. The categories under the DPS are as follows:

Category 1 – Patient Feeding Solutions

Category 2 – Café Retail Feeding Concepts

Applicants will only be accepted to categories they have applied for if they pass all mandatory criteria within the DPS award process.

This notice is for the award of Contracts under the DPS between September 2024 - November 2024.

Tender for patient and retail feeding for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

tender for patient and retail feeding for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

tender for patient and retail feeding for Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust