Defence
Defence Food Services Team (DFS)
Defence Food Services is responsible for the effective and efficient provision of food, food services and catering policy to UK Armed Forces worldwide.
A member of the RAF regiment eating from a ration pack.
Defence Food Services has three main business outputs:
Acquire, store and supply food.
Deliver optimum food service solutions worldwide through the auspices of the food supply and Operational Ration Pack contracts various bespoke in-flight contracts and the Port Agency Contract to support our Armed Forces in peacetime, on operations or training.
Catering Policy, Plans and Regulations.
Determine and promulgate Doctrine and Catering Management Policy and Regulations for accounting, allowances and entitlements, food safety, nutrition and healthy eating. Apply coherent and efficient business processes
Deliver Optimum Next Generation Food Service Contract Solutions.
Identify the optimum solution for food supply beyond Oct 2013 and make plans to deliver follow-on arrangements for Laboratory Services and independent price benchmarking
In essence, the business can be summed up in three words:
- RATIONS – Nutritional food, that provides value for money, is of the right quality and quantity, and is provided to the right place, at the right time.
- RESILIENCE – Contracts, supply chains and business processes that can continue to operate despite operational, domestic and economic challenges.
- REPUTATION – Confidence in our output, be it in the quality of the product or the effectiveness of the supply chain, encourages efficiencies by both suppliers and the end user, contributes to the overall standing of our Armed Forces, and thus the strategic effect that they deliver.
Defence Food Services Quick Facts
Team Leader : Gp Capt Andy Killey (RAF)
Value of MOD Food Supply Contract in 09/10 : £165M
Amount spent on operational feeding through the MOD Food Supply Contract 09/10 : £79M
Core Range of items available under the MOD Food Supply Contract : 1,100
Number of rations produced 09/10 : 3M
Contact
Chief of Staff,
Defence Food Services Team,
Spur 12
Beckford Block
Ensleigh
BATH
BA1 5AB
01225 468095
Defence Food Services Team Key Dates
2000 – Defence Catering Group (DFG) formed at Ensleigh from single Service Organisations
2005 – Service Personnel Board approval of the PAYD concept
2006 – Defence Food Services formed from Defence Catering Group and PAYD Project Team
2006 – Main MOD Food Supply Contract awarded to Purple Foodservice Solutions
2006 – Formation of Logistic Commodities incorporating Defence Food Services, Defence Clothing and Medical and General Supplies Teams.
2011 – Move to Abbey Wood
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