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title: "Food and General Provisions"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e025"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "South Tyneside Borough Council"
published: "2026-08-10"
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# Food and General Provisions

Buyer: South Tyneside Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e025

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## Summary

South Tyneside Borough Council procured an extension to the NEPO407 Food and General Provisions framework for catering services. The requirement covers food and related provisions, divided into three areas: general provisions; fruit, vegetables, bread and eggs; and meat, sausage and poultry. Deliveries support catering operations in the South Tyneside area, with the council based in South Shields. This is a goods procurement focused on food, beverages and related products. The arrangement is intended to maintain continuity of catering supplies while NEPO develops a replacement collaborative solution. The awarded suppliers indicate that the requirement can be delivered by established food wholesalers and specialist food-service distributors serving the public-sector catering market.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Evaluation was based on price, with one bid recorded for each of the three areas. Bestway Wholesale was awarded the general provisions area, with a contract value of £500,000. JR Holland Food Services was awarded fruit, vegetables, bread and eggs, with a contract value of £400,000. J. FREEMAN & SONS LIMITED was awarded meat, sausage and poultry, with a contract value of £200,000. All three contracts were signed on 1 July 2026 and are active. The extension provides a 13-month arrangement running until 31 July 2027. The individual lots were subsequently recorded as cancelled, although corresponding active awards and contracts are published.

This procurement demonstrates recurring public-sector demand for dependable food supply to support catering services in South Tyneside. Relevant competitors would need capability in one or more of the specified food categories: general provisions; fresh produce, bread and eggs; or meat, sausage and poultry. The price-only evaluation shows that competitive cost and clear, compliant pricing are central to this requirement. The three recorded suppliers are large organisations, suggesting that scale, established sourcing and distribution arrangements, and the ability to provide consistent supplies to public catering operations are commercially important. Food wholesalers and specialist food-service distributors with experience supplying councils or similar institutional customers would be the closest fit when this requirement is next considered.

## Notice

Contract Extension of the NEPO407-Food and General Provisions To extend the current framework for catering services. The new arrangement will be for 13 months until 31/07/2027. The reason for the additional extension is to bring all of the category areas in line with the frozen food category and allow NEPO sufficient time to tender. To ensure continuity of service provision through the NEPO Framework whilst NEPO complete a fully compliant collaborative solution led by NEPO.

### Lot Information

General Provisions

NEPO407 Food General Provisions to extend the current framework. The new arrangement will be for 13 months until 31/07/2027. The reason for the additional extension is to bring all of the category areas in line with the frozen food category and allow NEPO sufficient time to tender. To ensure continuity of service provision through the NEPO Framework whilst NEPO complete a fully compliant collaborative solution led by NEPO.

Fruit, Vegetables, Bread & Eggs

Fruit, Vegetables, Bread & Eggs

Meat, Sausage & Poultry

Meat, Sausage & Poultry

### Procurement Information

The reason for the additional extension is to bring all of the category areas in line with the frozen food category and allow NEPO sufficient time to tender. To ensure continuity of service provision through the NEPO Framework whilst NEPO complete a fully compliant collaborative solution led by NEPO.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075733-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,100,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | South Tyneside Borough Council |
| Locality | SOUTH SHIELDS |
| Postcode area | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE33 2RL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | South Tyneside |
| Electoral ward | Beacon and Bents |
| Westminster constituency | South Shields |
| Delivery location | TLC22 Tyneside |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | Bestway Wholesale; J. FREEMAN & SONS LIMITED; JR Holland Food Services |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

### Codes

- 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

## Release History

- 10 Aug 2026 at 13:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075733-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.southtyneside.gov.uk

## Provenance

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