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<p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) purchase food commodities for
prisoner and staff meals from a national food contract currently held by Bidfood UK.</p><p>
</p><p>HMPPS does not require its supplier to provide figures relating to the percentage
of organic and locally produced products provided to prisons through this contract.
However, the contract was one of the first to adopt and implement the Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)’s Plan for Public Procurement: Food &
Catering. Regular scrutiny and reporting of the contract shows that the level of UK
sourced commodities purchased is 52% (Country of Origin) and the level of small and
medium sized enterprises (SME) provision is over 60%. Bidfood UK are committed to
increasing the percentage of UK sourced products.</p>
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