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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

CA3187 - Provision of Milk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Food & BeveragesCPV 15512200 15511500 15510000 15511300 15512900 15511000 15512100 03333000 15511400
Value£90k
Awarded10 Mar 2016
Published11 Nov 2015
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£90ktotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£8.8m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Food & Beverages band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 2,386 valued Food & Beverages tenders in our corpus.

The brief

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust operates across a wide geographical area, with its four main Hospital sites being the Royal Blackburn Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, Accrington Victoria Hospital, Pendle Hospital and Clitheroe hospital.

The Trust operates a full catering service for staff, patients and visitors at its Blackburn site, other hospital sites operate on a smaller scale but still provide food and beverages.

The Trust is looking to tender for the supply of Milk to all five Hospital sites and requires a high level of responsiveness from its catering suppliers.

The ability to be agile and flexible is essential to facilitate the on time delivery of an everyday essential item for the Trust.

The provision of Milk is of particular importance as it is used daily in a variety of ways within each Hospital setting.

With this in mind a consistently high quality product is required and the Trust is keen to work with its providers to maintain continuity of supply, high standards and a sustainable way of working for all parties.

Suppliers are expected to be fully aware of legislation governing food safety standards and willing to work with the Trusts catering department to ensure that these are strictly adhered to. - To access this competition: login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA3187.

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Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Trust operates a full catering service

The Trust operates a full catering service for staff, patients and visitors at its Blackburn site, other hospital sites operate on a smaller scale but still provide food and beverages.

02

With this in mind a consistently high

With this in mind a consistently high quality product is required and the Trust is keen to work with its providers to maintain continuity of supply, high standards and a sustainable way of working for all parties.

03

Suppliers are expected to be fully aware

Suppliers are expected to be fully aware of legislation governing food safety standards and willing to work with the Trusts catering department to ensure that these are strictly adhered to.

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