We’re changing the way the NHS does food procurement and we’d like to share details of how you can become involved!
Join us on Monday, 2 September 2019 at the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton for the lowdown on how you can become involved with this exciting procurement opportunity.
The current NHS food challenge
The current NHS Supply Chain route to market only permits deliveries of ambient products. NHS Trusts have told us this is a big barrier to using NHS Supply Chain and that it needs to change. We’ve listened to feedback and are working on a plan for a new distribution service that will allow us to deliver products of all temperatures – chilled, frozen and ambient.
What we’re doing
We are in the process of appointing a new multi-temperature distribution partner for food. This will establish one national route to market for all food deliveries, including chilled, frozen and ambient products.
Rather than solely using the distributor’s products and suppliers, we will also nominate our own NHS Supply Chain suppliers’ products into the specialised food distribution network. This will be for a selection of key high-volume lines, such as: Grocery, savoury, milk, meat and poultry, fruit and vegetables, fish and seafood, bakery and much more.
Come and hear about how you can get involved
- AM: Overview of the new framework
- AM: The benefits and why we are doing it
- PM: Intro to OJEU – Public Contract Regulations 2015
- PM: Live demonstration of how to submit your bid via Scanmarket, our NHS Supply Chain e-procurement portal
- PM: Question and answer session
We hope to see you there!
More details on the venue can be found here: https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/services/service-directory-a-z/wolverhampton-medical-institute-wmi/
