Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ministry of Justice · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- BFS Group Ltd
- Value
- £826,730,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Food & drink · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (CPV 15000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 083143-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Dec 2025
- Published16 Dec 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Authority undertook this procurement, via the Open procedure, with the aim of awarding to a single supplier to provide the provision of food and drink products across across the prison estate in England and Wales; this equates to a population of approximately 87,400 prisoners (as of 26th July 2024) in addition to provision for some staff facilities and visitor centres. This provision aids the Authority in fulfilling its statutory and policy obligations in relation to ensuring prisoners have access to food and drink. The contract will be let on the basis of an initial term of 03/05/2026 to 02/05/2031. Further options are available which may take the total contract term to an end date of 02/05/2034 on a 2 years (03/05/2031 to 02/05/2033) plus 1 year (03/05/2033 to 02/05/2034) basis.
About the supplier
BFS Group Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00239718).