Awarded contract

Provisions of Fresh Non-Prepared & Prepared Fruit, Vegetables and Salads

Details

Supplier(s)
Dole Foodservice, W.R. BISHOP (HEPWORTH PARC) LIMITED
Value
£2,054,978.69
Topic
Cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts
Published
5 January 2026

Tender description

NHS Wales procurement for provision of fresh prepared and non-prepared fruit, vegetables and salad for direct supply to sites across NHS Wales. Lot 1: Mid & North Wales Lot 1 is a regional lot for direct supply to NHS Wales Health Boards/ sites in North and Mid Wales. The lot comprises core and non-core product lines. All core products were required to be tendered for in order for submissions to be deemed compliant. Lot 2: Mid & South Wales Lot 2 is a regional lot for direct supply to NHS Wales Health Boards/ sites in South and Mid Wales. The lot comprises core and non-core product lines. All core products were required to be tendered for in order for submissions to be deemed compliant.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date10 October 2025
  2. Completed: Award published5 January 2026
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About the buyer

NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership is hosted by Velindre NHS Trust and buys as a healthcare body for every health board and trust in Wales through its Procurement Services division. Tenders are advertised on Sell2Wales and run through the eTenderWales portal. Frameworks cover capital equipment, pharmaceuticals, clinical supplies, food, utilities, maintenance, IT and the commissioning of healthcare services. Local procurement teams work with each health board alongside sourcing, supply chain and accounts payable teams. Where appropriate, tenders are split into smaller lots so SMEs can bid.

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 NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership's contract awards have been in health and social work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 03200000 · Cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts
  • 03212000 · Potatoes and dried vegetables
  • 03212100 · Potatoes
  • 03220000 · Vegetables, fruits and nuts
  • 03221000 · Vegetables
  • 03221100 · Root and tuber vegetables
  • 03221110 · Root vegetables
  • 03221200 · Fruit vegetables
  • 03221320 · Salad leaves
  • 03222110 · Tropical fruit
  • 03222200 · Citrus fruit
  • 15872300 · Herbs

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