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title: "83_21 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Foods"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02ae86"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ESPO"
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# 83_21 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Foods

Buyer: ESPO  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02ae86

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## Summary

The public procurement process involves ESPO (East Midlands Procurement Organisation) as the central purchasing body, inviting tenders for the "83_21 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Foods" contract, which falls under the food and beverages industry category. This procurement is currently active and employs an open procedure, allowing various public bodies within the UK to participate, including local authorities and NHS bodies. The procurement is structured into two main lots: one for grocery, fresh, and chilled foods and another for frozen foods, each valued at approximately £80,000,000. The deadline for submitting tenders is set for June 18, 2021, with the contract period starting from August 1, 2021, to July 31, 2023, inclusive of an option to extend by an additional 24 months.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in the food supply chain, particularly those capable of delivering grocery, fresh, chilled, or frozen foods. Companies of all sizes, including large foodservice providers and SMEs specialising in food distribution, would be well-suited to compete. With a broad scope of end-user clients ranging from local authorities to NHS and charitable organisations, successful bidders can significantly enhance their market presence and client base through this contract.

## Notice

Supply of a range of grocery, fresh, chilled and frozen foods. ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.

### Lot Information

Supply of Grocery, Fresh and Chilled Foods

Supply and delivery of grocery, fresh and chilled foods.

Options: The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The total estimated value stated in Section II.1.7 includes the option period.

Supply of Frozen Foods

Supply and delivery of frozen foods.

Options: The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The total estimated value stated in Section II.1.7 includes the option period.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019950-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Jun 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Jul 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2021 - 31 Jul 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £160,000,000 |
| Lots value | £160,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £80,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ESPO |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE19 1ES |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Enderby |
| Westminster constituency | South Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 16 |
| Supplier names | BFS GROUP LIMITED T/A BIDFOOD; BLAKEMORE FOODSERVICE; BRAKE BROS; BROOK STREET FOODSERVICE; CASTELL HOWELL FOODS; COLLINS FRESH PRODUCE; CREED FOODSERVICE; CROWNDALE FOOD SERVICES; DUNSTERS FARM; HARLECH FOODSERVICE; HOPWELLS; KENT FROZEN FOODS; NH CASE; REDBRIDGE PRODUCE & FLOWERS LTD T/A TOTAL PRODUCE; THOMAS RIDLEY FOODSERVICE; YEARSLEY FOOD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

### Codes

- 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 15100000 - Animal products, meat and meat products
- 15200000 - Prepared and preserved fish
- 15300000 - Fruit, vegetables and related products
- 15500000 - Dairy products
- 15800000 - Miscellaneous food products

## Release History

- 16 Aug 2021 at 14:15 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019950-2021
- 7 May 2021 at 14:51 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010005-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.espo.org/
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=a09b10df-f295-ea11-80ff-005056b64545
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:225696-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/
- https://www.espo.org/legal

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