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The Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent

Supply and Distribution of Ambient Meals, In-Cup Drinks and Related Items

Food & BeveragesCPV 15000000
Value£10.0m
Awarded10 Dec 2018
Published17 Jul 2019
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£10.0mtotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£10.8m

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.

The brief

This procurement is of a framework agreement with one supplier by the Contracting Authority for the supply and distribution of Ambient Meals, In-Cup Drinks and Relating Items to the Contracting Authority and the Other Participating Bodies for use in policy custody units.

Accordingly, it is the intention that all Participating Bodies should be able to rely on this procurement to purchase such goods without the need for any further procurement process.

Ambient Meals must be suitable for storage without the use of refrigerators or freezers and must have a minimum shelf life of twelve (12) month's from the time of delivery.

All meals must be pre-cooked and individually prepared in containers suitable for reheating by microwave.

Meals under the Framework Agreement shall be suitable for a range of dietary, cultural and religious requirements such as Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Gluten Free, Lactose Free and Nut Free.

The Framework Agreement also requires the supply of in-cup drinks, snack options, ambient sides, breakfast items and other related items.

It is a key requirement that all items are suitable for use in a custody environment.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This procurement is of a framework agreement

This procurement is of a framework agreement with one supplier by the Contracting Authority for the supply and distribution of Ambient Meals, In-Cup Drinks and Relating Items to the Contracting Authority and the Other Participating Bodies for use in policy custody units.

02

Accordingly, it is the intention that all

Accordingly, it is the intention that all Participating Bodies should be able to rely on this procurement to purchase such goods without the need for any further procurement process.

03

Ambient Meals must be suitable for storage

Ambient Meals must be suitable for storage without the use of refrigerators or freezers and must have a minimum shelf life of twelve (12) month's from the time of delivery.

04

All meals must be pre-cooked and individually

All meals must be pre-cooked and individually prepared in containers suitable for reheating by microwave.

05

Meals under the Framework Agreement shall

Meals under the Framework Agreement shall be suitable for a range of dietary, cultural and religious requirements such as Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Gluten Free, Lactose Free and Nut Free.

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