Awarded contract

Catering Services

Details

Value
£14,550,433
Topic
Canteen and catering services
Published
14 February 2025

Tender description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust ("MSE") intends to enter into agreement with Compass Contract Services (UK) Ltd t/a Medirest for a two-year contract, with option to extend by up to a further year for the supply of patient and staff meals, including catering equipment maintenance services, at the Southend University Hospital site. Lot 1: Extension of the current contract for 2 years with an option to further extend by up to 12 months, to allow for the continued provision of catering services to Southend University Hospital (Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust). The total value of contract is exluding vat, and includes the extension option (2 years plus 1 year option. Therfore is 3 year total estimated spend). Ref W172176/C339228

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date30 August 2024
  2. Completed: Award published14 February 2025
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About the buyer

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust runs Broomfield, Basildon and Southend hospitals as a single NHS trust serving central and south Essex. Suppliers register and bid for opportunities through Atamis, the Trust's e-procurement and contract-management platform. HealthTrust Europe operates as an extension of the Trust's own procurement team under a partnership agreement. A strict no purchase order, no pay policy applies to every supplier. Every purchase requires a form of contract before goods or services are supplied.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in education and training, repair and maintenance and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 55500000 · Canteen and catering services

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