Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ba3-cc00-7333-990f-5cd0aae278d2/ambient-food awarded GB open procedure # Ambient Food [NHS Supply Chain](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nhs-supply-chain) Estimated value £36,888,285 Published 17 Oct 2024 Deadline Closed 12 Apr 2021 ## Who can bid - Split into 17 lots You can usually bid for just the lots you can deliver. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender NHS Supply Chain: Food seeks to establish a non-exclusive Framework Agreement for supply to NHS Supply Chain depots via the Stocked route for the supply of Ambient Food covering products from the following categories including but not limited to: Canned fish, canned meat, canned vegetables, canned fruit, nutritional supplements, thickeners, glucose products, cereals, cereal bars, porridge, jam, reduced energy jams, gravy, bouillon, ready to use sauces, single serve instant soup sachets, liquid soups, soup mixes, custard powder, ready to eat custard, individual custard portions, sauces, salt, pepper, vinegar, caster sugar, sugar cubes, demerara sugar, golden syrup, granulated sugar, icing sugar, soft dark brown sugar, soft light brown sugar, white sugar sticks & sachets, demerara sugar sticks & sachets, sweeteners, milk powder, milk portions, cream replacer, coconut milk, almond milk, oat milk, soya milk, edible oil in various formats, dried fruit, fruit pots, herbs & spices, pasta, rice & grains, instant mash, pickled vegetables, savoury spreads, sweet spreads, desserts, cake mixes, pie fillings, flour, jelly crystals and jelly pots. Please see below the summary of the routes to market by Lot: For all Lots the Route to Market will be stocked. For Lots 2, 3 and 16 there will be an option in the commercial envelope to provide a price for optional routes to market; E-Direct and Blue Diamond. 1 Canned Goods 2 Oral Nutritional Supplements, Thickeners & Glucose Products 3 Cereals & Porridge 4 Jams 5 Reduced Energy Jam 6 Gravy, Bouillons and Cooking Sauces 7 Single Serve Instant Soup 8 Bulk Soup 9 Custard 10 Condiments 11 Sugar 12 Sugar Portions 13 Sweeteners 14 Milk Powder & Portions 15 Non-Diary Milk Alternatives 16 Edible Oils 17 Grocery Lines Read full description ## CPV classification Food, beverages, tobacco and related products Meat products Beef and veal products Canned or tinned fish and other prepared or preserved fish Processed fruit and vegetables Baked beans Canned tomatoes Canned goods Glucose and glucose products; fructose and fructose products Special nutritional products Dietetic products Thickeners Grain mill products Cereal grain products Ground oats Prepared breakfast cereals Cornflakes Muesli or equivalent Puffed wheat Rolled oats Jams and marmalades; fruit jellies; fruit or nut purée and pastes Marmalades Orange marmalade Jams Apricot jam Blackcurrant jam Raspberry jam Strawberry jam Soups and broths Stocks Mixes for stocks Gravy mixes Meat soups Fish soups Mixed soups Soups Soup mixes Broths Vegetable soups Starches and starch products Custard powder Condiments and seasonings Vinegar; sauces; mixed condiments; mustard flour and meal; prepared mustard Herbs and spices Sugar White sugar Sugar syrups Dairy products Milk and cream Milk Milk powder Coconuts Processed nuts Refined oils Fruit jellies Nut pastes Peanut butter Fruit purées Grain mill products, starches and starch products Cereal or vegetable flour and related products Wheat flour Wholemeal flour Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-0299a7-2024-10-17T11:01:51+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-0299a7-2024-10-17T11:01:51+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. 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