Buying Better Food and Drink

All public sector organisations can use this agreement to buy food and drink through a single on-line access point. You will be able to access all food and drink sub-categories.

Description

This single lot framework enables public sector buyers, including government, local authorities, charities, and non-profits to access food and drink requirements through Entegra’s AgileChain portal.

This free, cloud-based platform provides a single access point for high-quality, regulatory-compliant products from national, regional, local and SME suppliers.

The aim of this agreement is to support sustainability, food quality and welfare standards by meeting the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering (GBSF). It also aims to:

  • reduce food and packaging waste
  • reduce food miles
  • invest in local communities and improve equality and diversity
  • reduce modern slavery risks

The agreement will help to shorten supply chains by simplifying the customer journey, helping you to meet your carbon net zero targets.

Social value will play a key part in the food supply and delivery solution which will support:

  • tackling economic equality
  • local education and health
  • tackling equal opportunity
  • promoting wellbeing
  • helping public sector bodies to buy food in a sustainable way
  • helping SMEs to supply public sector contracts

Buyers will also be able to nominate additional suppliers or producers to the agreement.

The framework has an initial term of 2 years, with the option to extend for a further two 1 year periods.

As a single supplier agreement, customers will call off via a direct award. There is a maximum call-off length of 12 months.

Benefits

  • easy to use for customers
  • all food and drink needs available in one place
  • a single access point, offering an easy to use, digital solution
  • simple ordering and invoicing
  • reduced number of deliveries
  • free to access: all public sector buyers can use this agreement for free and will not need any upfront funding
  • opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

○ support the 8,285 SME food and drink sector suppliers: Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) food statistics.

○ enables public sector customers to have simple access to SME suppliers

○ customers will be able to nominate additional suppliers or producers to the agreement

○ we will monitor and target increased SME supplier participation during the lifetime of the agreement to support government targets

  • single point of contact

○ this approach enables a single point of contact for ease of management, access to real time information on deliveries, high standards of food safety, and an efficient food supply solution for customers

  • confidence of buying through CCS

○ we vet and review suppliers regularly, this saves you time finding suppliers and checking their reliability

○ suppliers comply with Carbon Net Zero and Social Value policy obligations

○ contracts comply with public sector procurement regulations

○ meet minimum food safety, ethical and environmental policies including the updated Government Buying Standards for Food (GBSF)

○ support investment in local communities, equality and diversity, reduction in modern slavery risks, resource efficiency and environmental sustainability

Products and suppliers

There are 1 suppliers on this agreement

Lot 1: Buying Better Food and Drink
The types of products available include but are not limited to:
  • bakery goods
  • beverages
  • canned goods
  • condiments
  • confectionery
  • cooked meats
  • dairy products
  • dry goods
  • eggs
  • meat (fresh and frozen)
  • fish (fresh and frozen)
  • fruit and vegetables (fresh and frozen)

Expires:

1 suppliers

How to buy

  1. Email the Buying Better Food and Drink (BBF) framework team at Entegra: buyingbetter@entegraps.uk.
  2. They will then analyse your purchasing data and present supply chain recommendations to help you decide the best products, supply routes, quality and pricing options for your organisation.
  3. From launch we will have three national distributors available for you to purchase your dry goods, meat and fresh produce from. These distributors have been through a vetting process to join the framework, so you won’t need to run a tender with them.
  4. If you decide to go ahead with any of the products and pre-approved distributor options that Entegra present to you, you will then need to complete a call-off contract as your agreement to join the framework.
  5. Your organisation will be onboarded to Entegra’s AgileChain platform, where you can easily view and purchase your selected food and drink products.
  6. Once you are on the AgileChain platform you can start to nominate your own producers and specialist product lines.

Ongoing support:

As you purchase through AgileChain, the system will track product data to inform future decisions, with Entegra’s team providing ongoing supply chain management support and system guidance.

Entegra will continue to work with you, the distributors and your nominated producers to improve the supply chain for everyone in it. This includes looking at efficiency, quality, sustainability, and social impact.

As you continue ordering, Entegra will monitor the impact and changes these purchases make to your business. You will also be provided with reporting and recommendations to help you achieve your purchasing goals.

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