Ambient Foods 2025
NHS Supply Chain
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Key details
Procurement
- 15000000 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 15131600 Beef and veal products
- 15240000 Canned or tinned fish and other prepared or preserved fish
- 15241000 Coated, canned or tinned fish
- 15241100 Canned salmon
- 15241400 Canned tuna
- 15331400 Preserved and/or canned vegetables
- 15331411 Baked beans
- 15331423 Canned tomatoes
- 15331460 Canned vegetables
- 15331462 Canned peas
- 15331463 Canned shelled beans
- 15331464 Canned whole beans
- 15897000 Canned goods and field rations
- 15897200 Canned goods
- 15622000 Glucose and glucose products; fructose and fructose products
- 15622100 Glucose and glucose products
- 15622110 Glucose
- 15622120 Glucose syrup
- 15622300 Fructose and fructose products
- 15622310 Fructose
- 15622320 Fructose preparations
- 15622321 Fructose solutions
- 15622322 Fructose syrup
- 15880000 Special nutritional products
- 15882000 Dietetic products
- 15892400 Thickeners
- 03211000 Cereals
- 03211600 Oats
- 15610000 Grain mill products
- 15613000 Cereal grain products
- 15613100 Ground oats
- 15613300 Cereal products
- 15613310 Prepared breakfast cereals
- 15613311 Cornflakes
- 15613313 Muesli or equivalent
- 15613319 Puffed wheat
- 15613380 Rolled oats
- 15332200 Jams and marmalades; fruit jellies; fruit or nut purée and pastes
- 15332230 Marmalades
- 15332231 Orange marmalade
- 15332232 Lemon marmalade
- 15332290 Jams
- 15332291 Apricot jam
- 15332292 Blackberry jam
- 15332293 Blackcurrant jam
- 15332294 Cherry jam
- 15332295 Raspberry jam
- 15332296 Strawberry jam
- 15800000 Miscellaneous food products
- 15870000 Condiments and seasonings
- 15871000 Vinegar; sauces; mixed condiments; mustard flour and meal; prepared mustard
- 15871200 Sauces, mixed condiments and mixed seasonings
- 15871260 Sauces
- 15891000 Soups and broths
- 15891100 Meat soups
- 15891200 Fish soups
- 15891300 Mixed soups
- 15891400 Soups
- 15891410 Soup mixes
- 15891500 Broths
- 15891600 Stocks
- 15891610 Mixes for stocks
- 15891900 Vegetable soups
- 15893300 Gravy mixes
- 15600000 Grain mill products, starches and starch products
- 15620000 Starches and starch products
- 15623000 Starches
- 15626000 Custard powder
- 15871100 Vinegar and vinegar substitutes
- 15871110 Vinegar or equivalent
- 15871230 Tomato ketchup
- 15871250 Mustard
- 15871270 Mixed condiments
- 15871273 Mayonnaise
- 15872000 Herbs and spices
- 15872100 Pepper
- 15872200 Spices
- 15872300 Herbs
- 15872400 Salt
- 15831000 Sugar
- 15831200 White sugar
- 15831500 Sugar syrups
- 15500000 Dairy products
- 15511000 Milk
- 15511100 Pasteurised milk
- 15511200 Sterilised milk
- 15511210 UHT milk
- 15511300 Skimmed milk
- 15511400 Semi-skimmed milk
- 15511500 Full-cream milk
- 15511600 Condensed milk
- 15511700 Milk powder
- 15512000 Cream
- 15512100 Single cream
- 15512200 Double cream
- 15512300 Clotted cream
- 15512900 Whipping cream
- 15332300 Processed nuts
- 15411000 Animal or vegetable oils
- 15411100 Vegetable oils
- 15411110 Olive oil
- 15411120 Sesame oil
- 15411130 Groundnut oil
- 15411140 Coconut oil
- 15411200 Cooking oil
- 15411210 Frying oil
- 15421000 Refined oils
- 03211300 Rice
- 15312100 Instant mashed potatoes
- 15332240 Fruit jellies
- 15332260 Nut pastes
- 15332261 Peanut butter
- 15332270 Fruit purées
- 15611000 Husked rice
- 15612000 Cereal or vegetable flour and related products
- 15612100 Wheat flour
- 15612110 Wholemeal flour
- 15612120 Breadmaking flour
- 15612130 Plain flour
- 15612150 Pastry flour
- 15612190 Self-raising flour
- 15612200 Cereal flour
- 15612210 Corn flour
- 15612220 Rice flour
- 15612300 Vegetable flour and meal
- 15612400 Mixes for the preparation of baker's wares
- 15612410 Cake mixes
- 15612420 Baking mixes
- 15614000 Processed rice
- 15614100 Long-grain rice
- 15614200 Milled rice
- 15624000 Tapioca
- 15625000 Semolina
- 15831600 Honey
- 15833100 Desserts
- 15851000 Farinaceous products
- 15851100 Uncooked pasta
- 15851200 Prepared pasta and couscous
- 15851210 Prepared pasta
- 15851220 Stuffed pasta
- 15851230 Lasagne
- 15851250 Couscous
- 15851290 Canned pasta
- 15893200 Dessert mixes
What happened
NHS Supply Chain awarded this contract to Brake Bros Ltd on 22 Apr 2025. The contract runs until 25 Oct 2028.
Description
NHS Supply Chain: Food seeks to establish a Non-exclusive Framework Agreement for the supply of Ambient Foods to Trusts within the NHS (the “Customer(s)”) via the Stocked Route covering products from the following categories:
Canned Goods, Oral Nutritional Supplements, Thickeners & Glucose Products, Cereals & Porridge, Jams & Reduced Sugar Jams, Gravy, Bouillon & Cooking Sauces, Single Serve Instant Soups & Bulk Soups, Custard, Condiments, Sugar, Sugar Portions and Sweeteners, Milk Powder & Portions, Non-Dairy Milk Alternatives, Edible Oils, Grocery Lines.
The awarded suppliers will be responsible for the supply who will deliver and manage Ambient Foods into the NHS and its Trusts for their catering needs.
The Framework Agreement will have an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend incrementally for up to a further 24 months.
The contract will be for a maximum term of 48 months.
It is anticipated that in the first 24 months the value of the Framework Agreement will be in the region of £36,131,500. This is based on the circa 250 Trusts using the current NHS Supply Chain: Food Ambient framework.
For the full 48 month term (if extended) the anticipated value of the Framework Agreement will be in the region of £72,263,000.
These values are approximate only and are based on the most recent historical usage information, with a forecasted level of growth. The values provided are for guidance only and are not a guarantee of business.
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