Contract award · 18 Jul 2025

83_25 Supply of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen Foods and Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Salads: Lot 1 - Ambient, Chilled and Fresh Foods

Espo awarded a contract to A.F.BLAKEMORE AND SON LIMITED (t/a Blakemore Foodservice), Arthur David (Food With Service) Limited, Bestway Wholesale for…

Food & drinkEast Midlands

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Espo · Regional or local authority
Value
£1,600,000,000 across 4 lots
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Food & drink · Animal products, meat and meat products (CPV 15100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 Jul 2025
  2. Published23 Jul 2025Published 5 days after the contract date

Description

Suppliers under this Lot will be able to supply and deliver a wide range of ambient, chilled and fresh food goods.

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
83_25 Supply of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen Foods and Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Salads: Lot 1 - Ambient, Chilled and Fresh FoodsA.F.BLAKEMORE AND SON LIMITED (t/a Blakemore Foodservice), Arthur David (Food With Service) Limited, Bestway Wholesale, BFS Group Limited t/a Bidfood, Brook Street Foodservice Limited SME +14 more£400m
83_25 Supply of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen Foods and Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Salads: Lot 2 - Frozen FoodsA.F.BLAKEMORE AND SON LIMITED (t/a Blakemore Foodservice), BFS Group Limited t/a Bidfood, Brook Street Foodservice Limited SME, Castell Howell Foods Ltd, Creed Foodservice Ltd +12 more£400m
83_25 Supply of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen Foods and Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Salads: Lot 3 - Ambient, Chilled, Fresh and Frozen FoodsA.F.BLAKEMORE AND SON LIMITED (t/a Blakemore Foodservice), BFS Group Limited t/a Bidfood, Brook Street Foodservice Limited SME, Castell Howell Foods Ltd, Creed Foodservice Ltd +10 more£400m
83_25 Supply of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen Foods and Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Salads: Lot 4 - Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and SaladsA.F.BLAKEMORE AND SON LIMITED (t/a Blakemore Foodservice), A.G. Axton & Sons (Wholesale) Limited SME, Arthur David (Food With Service) Limited, BFS Group Limited t/a Bidfood, Brook Street Foodservice Limited SME +15 more£400m

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