83_25 Supply of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen Foods and Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Salads

A Contract Award Notice
by ESPO

Source
Contracts Finder
Type
Contract (Products)
Duration
2 year
Value
£400M
Sector
MISCELLANEOUS
Published
23 Jul 2025
Delivery
01 Aug 2025 to 31 Jul 2027
Deadline
27 Mar 2025 12:00

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 27 suppliers

1 buyer

27 suppliers

Description

An ESPO multi-supplier framework for the direct supply and delivery of a range of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen Foods and Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Salad products. Lot 1 - Ambient, Chilled and Fresh Foods Lot 2 - Frozen Foods Lot 3 - Ambient, Chilled, Fresh and Frozen Foods Lot 4 - Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Salads The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The total estimated value stated includes the option period.

Award Detail

1 AG Axton & Sons Wholesale (Eastleigh)
  • Value: £400,000,000
2 Arthur David Food with Service (Bristol)
  • Value: £400,000,000
3 Bestway Wholesale (London)
  • Value: £400,000,000
4 BFS Group (Slough)
  • Value: £400,000,000
5 Afblakemore (West Midlands)
  • Value: £400,000,000
6 Sysco (Ashford)
  • Value: £400,000,000
7 Brook Street Foodservice (Ipswich)
  • Value: £400,000,000
8 Castell Howell Foods (Llanelli)
  • Value: £400,000,000
9 Collins Fresh Produce (Northampton)
  • Value: £400,000,000
10 Hallam Country Fresh Foods (Sheffield)
  • Value: £400,000,000
11 Creed Foodservice (Tyne and Wear)
  • Value: £400,000,000
12 Crowndale Food Services (Leicester)
  • Value: £400,000,000
13 Redbridge Produce & Flowers (Merseyside)
  • Value: £400,000,000
14 Field Supplies Etwall (Burton on Trent)
  • Value: £400,000,000
15 Fresh Connect (Betchworth)
  • Value: £400,000,000
16 Harlech Foodservice (Gwynedd)
  • Value: £400,000,000
17 Hnnuttall (Hyde)
  • Value: £400,000,000
18 Hunts Food Group (Sherborne)
  • Value: £400,000,000
19 Jollofe (Gillingham)
  • Value: £400,000,000
20 NH Case (Wincanton)
  • Value: £400,000,000
21 NCB Foodservice (Leicester)
  • Value: £400,000,000
22 Savona Foodservice (Oxford)
  • Value: £400,000,000
23 Start Fresh (Nottingham)
  • Value: £400,000,000
24 Thomas Ridley (Slough)
  • Value: £400,000,000
25 Trevors Warehouses (Fleetwood)
  • Value: £400,000,000
26 Turner & Price (Slough)
  • Value: £400,000,000
27 Yearsley Food (Heywood)
  • Value: £400,000,000

CPV Codes

  • 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

Indicators

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs.
  • Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

Food Safety Accreditation - Suppliers must have, and retain throughout the framework lifetime, a relevant third-party food safety accreditation (such as BRC, STS) in relation to the manufacture and/or storage of Food products. Failure to retain such accreditation must be immediately reported to ESPO and will be at the sole discretion of ESPO to suspend or even permanently remove the Supplier from the Framework Agreement. Certificate copies will be sent to ESPO annually, on the expiry/renewal date of such accreditation. Financial - As part of the on-going contract management process, throughout the period of the Framework Agreement, ESPO shall monitor the financial stability of the awarded Supplier by reference to credit rating agency reports. ESPO shall obtain a credit score for the Supplier on or before the Framework start date as a base score and where a significant change in the credit score is identified over the life of the Framework Agreement, ESPO reserves the right to investigate the reasons for this significant change. Depending on the severity of the changes, it will be at the sole discretion of ESPO to suspend or even permanently remove the Supplier from the Framework Agreement. As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal. ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement. Find a Tender Contract award notice https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042226-2025

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