Notice Information
Notice Title
Provisions of Fresh Non-Prepared & Prepared Fruit, Vegetables and Salads
Notice Description
NHS Wales procurement for provision of fresh prepared and non-prepared fruit, vegetables and salad for direct supply to sites across NHS Wales.
Lot Information
Mid & North Wales
Lot 1 is a regional lot for direct supply to NHS Wales Health Boards/ sites in North and Mid Wales. The lot comprises core and non-core product lines. All core products were required to be tendered for in order for submissions to be deemed compliant.
Options: Additional products may be sourced by the Contracting Authority, within the limitations of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Renewal: The Framework will be awarded on the basis of a three year agreement, with the option to extend for a further 12 months. The contract values referenced are indicative of the maximum 48 month framework term.
Mid & South WalesLot 2 is a regional lot for direct supply to NHS Wales Health Boards/ sites in South and Mid Wales. The lot comprises core and non-core product lines. All core products were required to be tendered for in order for submissions to be deemed compliant.
Options: Additional products may be sourced by the Contracting Authority, within the limitations of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Renewal: The Framework will be awarded on the basis of a three year agreement, with the option to extend for a further 12 months. The contract values referenced are indicative of the maximum 48 month framework term.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0439f2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000295-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
-
- CPV Codes
03200000 - Cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts
03212000 - Potatoes and dried vegetables
03212100 - Potatoes
03220000 - Vegetables, fruits and nuts
03221000 - Vegetables
03221100 - Root and tuber vegetables
03221110 - Root vegetables
03221200 - Fruit vegetables
03221320 - Salad leaves
03222110 - Tropical fruit
03222200 - Citrus fruit
15872300 - Herbs
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £9,502,131 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £9,502,130 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,054,977 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 21 Apr 2024Expired
- Award Date
- 9 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Further notices may be published in 3-4 years time following the contract start date.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Chloe Lloyd-Carter, Georgina Walmsley
- Contact Email
- chloe.lloyd-carter@wales.nhs.uk, georgina.walmsley@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1443848585
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF14 3UZ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Gabalfa
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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