Fresh Food DPS Contract Award Notices December 2025 - February 2026

Name: Fresh Food DPS Contract Award Notices December 2025 - February 2026
Creator: Supply Chain Coordination Limited
Published: 2026-03-06T10:28:59.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Supply Chain Coordination Limited Published 6 Mar 2026 Contracts Finder Open until 28 Feb 2029

The value below is a framework or dynamic market ceiling: the maximum that could be spent across all call-offs, not the value of a single contract. Aggregate figures on this site exclude these to avoid double counting.

key details

Value	£200,000,000
Status	complete
Category (CPV)	15000000
Deadline	28 Feb 2029
Contract start	1 Mar 2029
Contract end	31 Mar 2029
Procedure	selective
SME suitable	Yes
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-ed64117e-7150-42b0-9044-874e0f2f1674

Awards (5)

This procurement was awarded to 5 suppliers. Values shown are per-award; the notice total is £200,000,000.

Supplier	Value	Date	Status
Brake Bros Ltd shared	£200,000,000	10 Nov 2025	active
Embleton Hall Dairies Ltd shared	£200,000,000	10 Nov 2025	active
Nijjar Dairies Ltd T/a Freshways shared	£200,000,000	10 Nov 2025	active
Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd shared	£200,000,000	10 Nov 2025	active
Ribble Farm Fare Limited shared	£200,000,000	10 Nov 2025	active

description

Due to a technical issue the dates above do not represent the actual DPS Contract Dates.

2022/S 000-020877

NHS Supply Chain: Food seeks to establish a non-exclusive DPS Agreement for the supply of Fresh

Food to NHS Supply Chain: Food's customer base via the Direct Route covering products including but not limited to: fruit, vegetables, prepared potatoes, salads, milk, dairy products, eggs, bread, morning goods, fresh meat, fresh poultry, fresh fish and meat alternatives.

The DPS will be in place for a minimum of 7 years with an approximate spend of £200m and will be the main procurement route for NHS Trusts Fresh Food requirements.

The DPS is open for applications until 28th February 2029 as a minimum.

The DPS is divided into 4 categories of products and Applicants may apply to be included on any or all of the product categories. The 4 categories under the DPS are as follows:

Category 1 - Dairy & Bakery

Category 2 - Fresh Meat, Poultry & Fish

Category 3 - Fruit, Vegetables & Salads

Category 4 - Meat Alternatives

Applicants will only be accepted to categories they have applied for if they pass all mandatory criteria within the DPS award process.

This notice is for the award of Contracts under the DPS between December 2025 - February 2026

notice history

1 notice published against this procurement.

Published	Type	Regime	Notice
6 Mar 2026	Award (award)	·	3af8d45d-78b2-43a7-95ac-5a644140a421-887488

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