Stale Pre-tender

Supply of Food Service- Frozen, Ambient, Chilled and Fresh

Details

Value
£87,500,000
Topic
Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
Published
16 March 2026

Tender description

Supply of Frozen, Ambient and Chilled. Fresh Meat, Dairy, Bakery, Frozen Fish and Fresh Produce to all Care homes and Villages. 1. Approximately 140 commercial kitchens offering fresh meals to residents daily. 2. All delivered at least once a week- some locations twice a week., 3. All sourced within 60-mile radius of the delivery postcode 4. Catering to several dietary requirements including vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, gluten free, halal and kosher. Top product lines including but not limited to: • Milk • Bread • Bananas • Potatoes • Chicken Fillets • Butter • Double Cream • Fruit Juices • Tuna • Tin Tomatoes • Frozen Fish

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published16 March 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

Anchor Hanover is England's largest not-for-profit provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life, and runs its own procurement function to buy property, facilities and business services. Suppliers register on the Anchor Supply Portal to receive alerts on upcoming tenders. Larger opportunities are advertised through the government's Find a Tender Service. Regional contractor frameworks, awarded by competitive tender, supply its development pipeline. Almost 1,700 sites across more than 85% of English local authorities fall within its reach. A dedicated commercial team handles property, facilities and business services procurement.

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 Anchor Hanover's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 15000000 · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

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