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DEFRA Food Procurement Sustainability with the NHS

NHS England

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: NHS England

Buyer Address: Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, UKI45, SE1 8UG, United Kingdom

Contact Email: england.commercialqueries@nhs.net

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
28000.0 GBP
Published
20 Feb 2026, 14:58
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
02 Feb 2026, 00:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
85100000 - Health services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Soil Association
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

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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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Contracts

Contract Title: DEFRA Food Procurement Sustainability with the NHS

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