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Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Key details

Contracting authority
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Public authority - central government
Region
Chester
Delivery: United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Contract value
£45,000,000ex VAT
£54,000,000 inc VAT
Deadline
30 November 2026
Enquiry deadline
23 November 2026(questions / clarifications)
Award decision
14 December 2026(estimated)
Published
21 October 2026

Procurement

Contract period
14 December 2026 - 13 December 2028
2 years
Possible extension to 13 December 2034 · 7 years, 11 months in total
Extension terms: This is Framework 1 of an Open Framework. The Term of the Open Framework shall be 8 years from the Commencement Date. It is intended that the Open Framework will be reopened every 24 months as the Framework Host deems necessary. At these points, incumbent framework suppliers will have the opportunity to revise their Tender, or they may leave their offer as per their last framework tender submission. The term of Framework 1 shall be 24 months from the commencement date.
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 15000000 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
  • 39222000 Catering supplies
  • 55300000 Restaurant and food-serving services
  • 55400000 Beverage-serving services
  • 55500000 Canteen and catering services
  • 79723000 Waste analysis services

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Description

The objective of this framework is to offer an end-to-end approach to food and beverage procurement, distribution, preparation, waste management, and reporting for public sector organisations, using a single supplier. Most public sector organisations currently contract multiple suppliers for different parts of their food and beverage services, ingredients, catering staff, logistics, and waste management. This often leads to operational complexity, duplication of effort, and lack of integration across procurement, nutrition, sustainability, and waste reduction.

How to engage

The purpose of this engagement notice is to invite suppliers to participate in preliminary market engagement with a view to developing the Authority's requirements and preparing tender documents. Suppliers participating in this market consultation are not guaranteed to receive either an Invitation to Tender (if Invitations to Tender are issued), or a place on any framework agreement which may be awarded following an Invitation to Tender. Please email [email protected] to express interest in taking part in this market engagement process. We will then be in contact to arrange the next steps.

Contact

Address
Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1UL

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Identifiers

Buyer reference
F/107/TFM/26/JH
Notice ID
099452-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bbf1
PPON
PGCG-2135-TXWL

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