Notice Information
Notice Title
Select Item 1 Consultant SME - for Catering Managed Services Tender
Notice Description
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE NHS FT) provides hospital and community healthcare services to the Mid and South Essex population. The Trust's primary aim is to deliver safe, high-quality, and sustainable care, supporting patients, staff, and visitors through services that enhance wellbeing. Catering services form an integral part of patient care, contributing to nutrition, recovery, and overall patient experience. The Trust is committed to delivering modern, patient-centred services and seeks suppliers who can support this vision. The catering services required aim to: * provide high-quality meals that meet nutritional standards for patients, staff, and visitors; * offer flexible, responsive, and innovative catering solutions; * support sustainability and efficiency objectives, including minimising food waste; and * work collaboratively with the Trust to enhance the overall patient and staff experience. To ensure the catering specification meets clinical, operational, and patient needs, the Trust requires the involvement of subject matter experts (SMEs). These SMEs, acting as consultants, will support the development of the specification, providing specialist knowledge on nutrition, clinical requirements, operational delivery, and patient experience. Their involvement will help ensure that the procurement delivers safe, high-quality, and sustainable catering services. Please review Document 2 - Specification for full set of requirements.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059b89
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069173-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £150,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £150,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £97,619 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Oct 20252 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 16 Oct 20254 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 10 Nov 2025 - 9 May 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MID AND SOUTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Abi Adisa
- Contact Email
- abi.adisa@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- 01702435555
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BASILDON
- Postcode
- SS16 5NL
- Post Town
- Southend-on-Sea
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH37 Essex Thames Gateway
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Basildon
- Electoral Ward
- Langdon Hills
- Westminster Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069173-2025
28th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057042-2025
16th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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