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DEFRA Food Procurement Sustainability with the NHS

NHS England · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

We require the Soil Association to link directly with hospital sites that are striving to improve their food services, exchanging information on Higher Environmental Standards of food in the NHS. The Soil Association resource contracted as part of the project will draw up the spread of sites currently covered by their assurance scheme and identify the gaps to obtain as representative a sample of sites as possible that cook food in the NHS, based on their meal service type and their site type. As a purposeful gauge across healthcare sites: acute, community and mental health care sites will be used. This will include a full range of service types to include cook-fresh, cook-freeze and plated. Funding is from DEFRA The Soil Association brings nationally recognised expertise, credibility, and an established track record in supporting organisations to provide high-quality, sustainable meals. Their Food for Life framework champions fresh,

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Soil Association

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Contract value
£28k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
2 Feb 2026
Including VAT
£33.6k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Location
Bristol, UKK11, BS1 6AD, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C425708
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
NHS England
Id
GB-PPON-PDPT-3135-BWWY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDPT-3135-BWWY

Address

Street Address
Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd
Locality
London
Postal Code
SE1 8UG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI45

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Soil Association
Id
GB-FTS-175049

Address

Street Address
Spear House, 51 Victoria Street, Bristol
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS1 6AD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK11

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85100000
Description
Health services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-175049
Name
Soil Association

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
DEFRA Food Procurement Sustainability with the NHS
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
2 Feb 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
2 Feb 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
33,600
Amount
28,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
015759-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
20 Feb 2026, 14:58
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI45 · SE1 8UG · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 015759-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·