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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

S/WP - Food to Go

Food & BeveragesCPV 15811510
Value£3.4m
Deadline24 Sept 2026
Published14 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 14 Aug 202636 days leftCloses 24 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Sandra Cockell
sandra.cockell@elht.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£3.4mtotal 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

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has published 4 Food & Beverages notices, about every 6 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around February 2027.


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The brief

Food to Go items including sandwiches, paninis, toasties, wraps and saladd

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-06e4ab
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
077692-2026
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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