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SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Provision of Dairy, Bread and Associated Products Across Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

AgricultureCPV 15500000
Value£1.8m
Deadline6 Sept 2026
Published7 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 7 Aug 202629 days leftCloses 6 Sept 2026
Who to contact
servicesteam.procurement@somersetft.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.8mtotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£8.8m

This is a large award for Food & Beverages — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,386 valued Food & Beverages tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST has published 447 notices across all categories, and 36% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Provision of Dairy, Bread and Associated Products Across Somerset NHS Foundation Trust including community sites.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06df22
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
075303-2026
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

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