North Ayrshire Council, Annual Cumulative Award Notice, Scotland Excel Food Framework Spend 2025-2026

North Ayrshire Council
Scotland
Open procedure
1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

Cumulative award notice reflecting food framework spend across fresh fruit and vegetables, frozen foods, and groceries and provisions for the period from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, utilizing suppliers including G Carruthers & Sons Ltd and Sysco GB Limited.

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Awarded value: £1.4m; As published
Published: 7 September 2026
Awarded: 1 April 2025; George Carruthers & Sons Ltd and Brakes
Contract length: 12 months; Ends 31 March 2026

What the contract covers

Framework call-off

Supply and delivery of fresh fruit, vegetables, frozen foods, and grocery provisions for public sector catering services.

Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Frozen Foods
Groceries & Provisions

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Framework call-off
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 12 months
Contract dates: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Services
CPV codes: 75110000

Services in this contract

Fresh fruit and vegetables supplyMain service£300k typicalFresh fruit and vegetables framework spend
Ambient groceries and dry goods supply£600k typicalGroceries and provisions framework spend
Frozen and chilled food supply£1.1m typicalFrozen foods framework spend

Lifecycle

Published
7 September 2026
Contract awardedto George Carruthers & Sons Ltd and Brakes
1 April 2025
Contract starts
1 April 2025
Contract ends
31 March 2026

The buyer

North Ayrshire Council

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The suppliers

George Carruthers & Sons Ltd

Contracts won, 24 months: Locked

Brakes

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Value won, 24 months: Locked

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3864538/north-ayrshire-council-annual-cumulative-award-notice-scotland-excel-food-framew
Buyer reference: org-1
Open contracting ID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000841686
Last checked: 5 November 2026

North Ayrshire Council. North Ayrshire Council, Annual Cumulative Award Notice, Scotland Excel Food Framework Spend 2025-2026. Contract award, 7 September 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3864538/north-ayrshire-council-annual-cumulative-award-notice-scotland-excel-food-framew (accessed 5 November 2026).