Supply Only and Supply & Distribution of Groceries and Provisions

A Contract Award Notice
by SCOTLAND EXCEL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Goods)
Duration
not specified
Value
£6M-£60M
Sector
MISCELLANEOUS
Published
24 Jun 2025
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Throughout Scotland

Geochart for 1 buyers and 24 suppliers

1 buyer

10 suppliers

Description

This Contract Award Notice is in relation to the renewal framework for Groceries and Provisions. It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to, dairy and chilled, dried goods and ambient products, and crisps, confectionery, soft drinks and water.

Lot Division

1 Supply and Distribution of Dairy and Chilled Products

It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not limited to cheese, butter, eggs and yoghurts. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

2 Supply and Distribution of Dried Goods and Ambient Products

This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework for Groceries & Provisions. It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to baking ingredients, preserves, biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals, canned goods, condiments, cooking sauces, hot drinks and seasonings. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

3 Supply and Distribution of Crisps and Confectionery

This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework for Groceries & Provisions. It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to, confectionery, crisps and snacks. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

4 Supply and Distribution of Soft Drinks and Water

This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework for Groceries & Provisions. It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to juices, squashes and cordials, water and soft drinks. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

5 Distribution of Groceries and Provisions

This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework for Groceries & Provisions. This lot is for distribution of products awarded on Lot 6 Supply Only Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

6 Supply Only of Groceries and Provisions

This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework opportunity for the Supply Only and Supply and Distribution of Groceries and Provisions. It will provide a mechanism for Scottish local authorities to procure a range of groceries and provisions that includes, but is not limited to, eggs, cheese, yoghurts, flour, cake mixes, tinned goods, cereals, condiments, cook sauces, hot beverages, crisps, confectionery, soft drinks and water. Bidders are able to bid on a supply only basis for 1 or more product items contained within the schedule of offer at no penalty. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

Award Detail

1 Bestway Wholesale (London)
  • Supply and Distribution of Dairy and Chilled Products
  • Reference: 034626-2025-1
  • Value: £36,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
2 BFS Group (Berkshire)
  • Supply and Distribution of Dairy and Chilled Products
  • Reference: 034626-2025-1
  • Value: £36,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
3 William Yule (Kirkcaldy)
  • Supply and Distribution of Dairy and Chilled Products
  • Reference: 034626-2025-1
  • Value: £36,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
4 Sysco (Ashford)
  • Supply and Distribution of Dairy and Chilled Products
  • Reference: 034626-2025-1
  • Value: £36,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
5 Bestway Wholesale (London)
  • Supply and Distribution of Dried Goods and Ambient Products
  • Reference: 034626-2025-2
  • Value: £60,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
6 BFS Group (Berkshire)
  • Supply and Distribution of Dried Goods and Ambient Products
  • Reference: 034626-2025-2
  • Value: £60,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
7 William Yule (Kirkcaldy)
  • Supply and Distribution of Dried Goods and Ambient Products
  • Reference: 034626-2025-2
  • Value: £60,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
8 Sysco (Ashford)
  • Supply and Distribution of Dried Goods and Ambient Products
  • Reference: 034626-2025-2
  • Value: £60,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
9 Bestway Wholesale (London)
  • Supply and Distribution of Crisps and Confectionery
  • Reference: 034626-2025-3
  • Value: £6,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
10 BFS Group (Berkshire)
  • Supply and Distribution of Crisps and Confectionery
  • Reference: 034626-2025-3
  • Value: £6,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
11 Adamsons Drinks (Dunfermline)
  • Supply and Distribution of Crisps and Confectionery
  • Reference: 034626-2025-3
  • Value: £6,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
12 Sysco (Ashford)
  • Supply and Distribution of Crisps and Confectionery
  • Reference: 034626-2025-3
  • Value: £6,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
13 Bestway Wholesale (London)
  • Supply and Distribution of Soft Drinks and Water
  • Reference: 034626-2025-4
  • Value: £30,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
14 BFS Group (Berkshire)
  • Supply and Distribution of Soft Drinks and Water
  • Reference: 034626-2025-4
  • Value: £30,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
15 Adamsons Drinks (Dunfermline)
  • Supply and Distribution of Soft Drinks and Water
  • Reference: 034626-2025-4
  • Value: £30,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
16 Sysco (Ashford)
  • Supply and Distribution of Soft Drinks and Water
  • Reference: 034626-2025-4
  • Value: £30,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
17 Bestway Wholesale (London)
  • Distribution of Groceries and Provisions
  • Reference: 034626-2025-5
  • Value: £14,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
18 William Yule (Kirkcaldy)
  • Distribution of Groceries and Provisions
  • Reference: 034626-2025-5
  • Value: £14,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
19 Sysco (Ashford)
  • Distribution of Groceries and Provisions
  • Reference: 034626-2025-5
  • Value: £14,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
20 Rowan Glen (Newton Stewart)
  • Supply Only of Groceries and Provisions
  • Reference: 034626-2025-6
  • Value: £14,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
21 Moorhead & Mcgavin (Motherwell)
  • Supply Only of Groceries and Provisions
  • Reference: 034626-2025-6
  • Value: £14,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
22 Radnor Hills Mineral Water (Knighton)
  • Supply Only of Groceries and Provisions
  • Reference: 034626-2025-6
  • Value: £14,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
23 Middleton Foods Products (West Midlands)
  • Supply Only of Groceries and Provisions
  • Reference: 034626-2025-6
  • Value: £14,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
24 Unilever (Leatherhead)
  • Supply Only of Groceries and Provisions
  • Reference: 034626-2025-6
  • Value: £14,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.

Award Criteria

Technical 30
price 70

CPV Codes

  • 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
  • 15550000 - Assorted dairy products
  • 15540000 - Cheese products
  • 15542000 - Fresh cheese
  • 15542200 - Soft cheese
  • 15543000 - Grated, powdered, blue-veined and other cheese
  • 15543200 - Cheddar cheese
  • 15543300 - Grated cheese
  • 15551000 - Yoghurt and other fermented milk products
  • 15551300 - Yoghurt
  • 15551310 - Unflavoured yoghurt
  • 03142500 - Eggs
  • 15530000 - Butter
  • 15431200 - Reduced or low-fat spreads
  • 15544000 - Hard cheese
  • 15545000 - Cheese spreads
  • 15612400 - Mixes for the preparation of baker's wares
  • 15612500 - Bakery products
  • 15841300 - Unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 15840000 - Cocoa; chocolate and sugar confectionery
  • 15821200 - Sweet biscuits
  • 15820000 - Rusks and biscuits; preserved pastry goods and cakes
  • 03211000 - Cereals
  • 15240000 - Canned or tinned fish and other prepared or preserved fish
  • 15241000 - Coated, canned or tinned fish
  • 15331480 - Provisionally preserved vegetables
  • 15860000 - Coffee, tea and related products
  • 15861200 - Decaffeinated coffee
  • 15871200 - Sauces, mixed condiments and mixed seasonings
  • 15331410 - Beans in tomato sauce
  • 15871260 - Sauces
  • 15511210 - UHT milk
  • 15626000 - Custard powder
  • 15833100 - Desserts
  • 15893200 - Dessert mixes
  • 15332410 - Dried fruit
  • 15612190 - Self-raising flour
  • 15612130 - Plain flour
  • 15893300 - Gravy mixes
  • 15411110 - Olive oil
  • 15411100 - Vegetable oils
  • 15850000 - Pasta products
  • 15871279 - Chutney
  • 15332290 - Jams
  • 15332200 - Jams and marmalades; fruit jellies; fruit or nut purée and pastes
  • 15871273 - Mayonnaise
  • 15894600 - Sandwich fillings
  • 15871000 - Vinegar; sauces; mixed condiments; mustard flour and meal; prepared mustard
  • 15331428 - Tomato sauce
  • 15872000 - Herbs and spices
  • 15831200 - White sugar
  • 15897200 - Canned goods
  • 15312300 - Potato crisps
  • 15312310 - Flavoured potato crisps
  • 15332000 - Processed fruit and nuts
  • 15332310 - Roasted or salted nuts
  • 15842100 - Chocolate
  • 15842200 - Chocolate products
  • 15842300 - Confectionery
  • 15320000 - Fruit and vegetable juices
  • 15321000 - Fruit juices
  • 15321700 - Mixtures of unconcentrated juices
  • 15321800 - Concentrated juices
  • 15982000 - Soft drinks
  • 15981000 - Mineral water
  • 15981100 - Still mineral water
  • 15981200 - Sparkling mineral water
  • 15981400 - Flavoured mineral waters

Indicators

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This Tender process is subject to the Law and Guidance applicable in Scotland relative to the award of public contracts including (without limitation) as set out in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, most recently amended to reflect the European Union exit by the UK. Any prior version of the relevant Law and Guidance, or terminology related thereto, which appears in these Procurement Documents should therefore be interpreted and applied as currently in force. Scotland Excel is a central purchasing body procuring this framework on behalf of the following contracting authorities (and successor bodies): - The 32 local authorities in Scotland, - Tayside Contracts, - Scotland Excel associate members: https://home.scotland-excel.org.uk/about-us/our-members/ - Scottish National Health Service Authorities, including any body created pursuant to the National Health Service Scotland Act (1978), - Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and all establishments owned and managed by the Scottish Ministers through the Scottish Prison Service, - Police Scotland, - Any Integration Authority, or other body, established pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014. The above is subject to each contracting authority entering into and maintaining a membership agreement or other access agreement with Scotland Excel. Tenderers are advised that the envisaged maximum number of participants that might be appointed to this framework agreement set out in section IV.1.3 of this contract notice is purely indicative. Scotland Excel reserves the right to appoint more or less bidders than the envisaged maximum number to the proposed Framework Agreement. Tenderers are advised that whether electronic ordering, invoicing and payment will be used or accepted is at the discretion of each Member Authority or Associate Member which will be settled by them during call off of a contract under this proposed Framework Agreement. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:797608)

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