Public Contracts Scotland

Direct Meal Service

NHS National Services Scotland

Awarded
supplies
Scotland
13 lots

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom
Contract value
£15,377,069ex VAT
Submissions closed
31 July 2025
Published
6 October 2025

Procurement

Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 15894200 Prepared meals

What happened

NHS National Services Scotland awarded this contract to apetito Limited | BFS Group Ltd T/A Bidfood | Dalehills Ltd worth £80,824 on 16 Sept 2025.

Description

Renewal of a national framework contract Under reference NP7042025 to cover a full range of Frozen prepared meals, to cover a full range of Chilled prepared Meals and to cover a full range of Ambient prepared meals

Product Range (Indicative Only and not limited to: 1) Meat (lamb Pork and Beef); 2) Fish; 3)Pasta; 4) Accompaniments; 5) Desserts; 6) Special Dietary Meals 7)Starters 8) Texture modified etc.

Full description

A range of frozen, chilled and ambient prepared meals to be used for Patients across NHS Scotland. Award is Multi Supplier per category lot Framework. Up to 3 suppliers per lot unranked

Lotting details will be confirmed in ITT.

The framework agreement may be used by all mainland and island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the Common Services Agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS

Scotland Health Boards, special health boards and the authority or other NHS organisations established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978) and any integrated joint boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices.. Total value shown is for duration of the framework and based on 12 months supplier spend data. It is anticipated that the requirement on this range of meals will grow over the period of the framework. The framework period shall be 4 years.

Additional information

The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the

Common Services Agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS

Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS organisations established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland)

Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish

Hospices.

The indicative total contract value shown is based on a circa 3 964 226 to 4 000 000 GBP per annum over a 4 year contract

The Healthy Food Company will be added to this Framework under Innovation on Lot1C children and young people

Awarded suppliers (3)

Suppliers
  • apetito Limited
  • BFS Group Ltd T/A Bidfood
  • Dalehills Ltd
Award value
£80,824
Award date
16 September 2025

Contact

Address
Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9EB
Contact name
Loraine Hartley

Identifiers

Buyer reference
NP7042025
Notice ID
rls-102-OCT540782
OCID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000801430

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