# School Fruit & Vegetable Scheme Distribution

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by NHS Supply Chain.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [NHS Supply Chain](/buyers/nhs-supply-chain/contract-awards)
- Supplier: AG Axton and Sons Wholesale Limited
- Award value: £75,900,000
- Tender value: £75,900,000
- Award date: 13 February 2024
- Published: 2 July 2024
- Contract start: 25 August 2024
- Contract end: 24 August 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c66b3bbc-12cf-478a-ae2d-e81a5d2cba07-763707
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-118e4ed5-cdb2-4ec1-b312-2710ebbcef30

## Description

NHS Supply Chain: Food is sought after suppliers who had the capacity and capability to' deliver and possess the drive to work collaboratively with NHS Supply Chain: Food and Schools to provide the right solution and manage the Distribution into Schools as part of the SFVS\. This procurement is for: - The distribution, storage and management of Fruit and Vegetable products under the SFVS to schools in England, which is a Government funded initiative that supplies a piece of fruit or vegetable to all key stage 1 children \(ages 4-7\) in England for consumption up to 190 days each academic year\. This procurement will be known as School Fruit and Vegetable Distribution \(SFVD\) and the Authority will award in line with the evaluation steps outlined within this ITT which is anticipated to be no more than 21 suppliers \(although this may be more including reserve suppliers awarded\) to the Framework Agreement to the most economically advantageous Applicants who will act as suppliers for the SFVS \(the "Framework Agreement"\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c66b3bbc-12cf-478a-ae2d-e81a5d2cba07-763707)