Food to Go DPS

Concepts

• food and drink
• dps agreement
• street food
• food brands
• food
• nhs trusts food to go
• food to go
• a non-exclusive dps agreement
• the dps award process
• sandwiches

Location

Description

NHS Supply Chain: Food seeks to establish a non-exclusive DPS Agreement for the supply of Food To Go to NHS Supply Chain: Food’s customer base via the Direct Route covering products including but not limited to: Patient Feeding Sandwiches, Salads, and Snack pots. Retail Sandwiches, Salads, Sandwich Fillings, Cakes, Street Food, Snack pots, pies, pastries, pizza, frozen desserts & ice cream, chilled & frozen drinks, grab & go food, branded equipment linked to food brands included in DPS. The DPS will be in place for a minimum of 7 years with an approximate spend of £78,831,476m and will be the main procurement route for NHS Trusts Food To Go requirements. The DPS is open for applications until 20 September 2030 as a minimum. The DPS is divided into 2 categories of products and Applicants may apply to be included on any or all of the product categories. The categories under the DPS are as follows: Category 1 – Patient Feeding Solutions Category 2 – Café Retail Feeding Concepts Applicants will only be accepted to categories they have applied for if they pass all mandatory criteria within the DPS award process.

Lot Division

Renewal Options

The DPS Agreement will have an initial term of 84 months with an option to extend. If this DPS agreement is terminated early it will be due to a more suitable alternative procurement procedure being implemented or identified with any potential changes to Public Contract Regulations 2015 or due to market conditions.

CPV Codes

• 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
• 15811510 - Sandwiches
• 15811511 - Prepared sandwiches
• 15555000 - Ice cream and similar products
• 15812100 - Pastry goods
• 15812120 - Pies
• 15812121 - Savoury pies
• 15812200 - Cakes
• 15833100 - Desserts
• 15894400 - Snacks
• 15894600 - Sandwich fillings

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information: This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eProcurement portal at https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/ Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eProcurement portal using the URL https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/ to access the portal. Please see instructions below on how to Express Interest and Intend to Respond: Selection Questionnaire: - Once you have registered and logged in to Jaggaer, you will see a section called ‘Supplier Area’. Under this you will need to go to ‘ITTs open to All Suppliers’. In this section you will find an SQ titled ‘Food to Go DPS’, click into this. - Once you have clicked into the ITT, click ‘Express Interest’ in the top right-hand corner. Once you have expressed interest in the ITT, a new option will appear titled ‘Intent to Respond’. You will need to click intend to respond to be able to fill in a response. - Once you have Expressed Interest and Intended to Respond to the ITT, this will now sit under ‘My ITTs’ in the Supplier Area and will no longer show under ‘ITTs Open to all Suppliers’. Categories: - Once you have registered and logged in to Jaggaer, you will see a section called ‘Supplier Area’. Under this you will need to go to ‘ITTs open to All Suppliers’. In this section you will find 2 ITTs which are the Categories for this DPS. The ITTs will have the following titles: -- Category 1 - Patient Feeding Solutions -- Category 2 – Café Retail Feeding Concepts - Once you have clicked into your chosen Category/Categories, click ‘Express Interest’ in the top right-hand corner. Once you have expressed interest in the ITT, a new option will appear titled ‘Intent to Respond’. You will need to click intend to respond to be able to fill in a response. - Once you have Expressed Interest and Intended to Respond to the ITT, this will now sit under ‘My ITTs’ in the Supplier Area and will no longer show under ‘ITTs Open to all Suppliers’. For any technical help with the portal please contact:Tel: 0800 069 8630 or email: help_uk@jaggaer.com