CAT-19-013 Frozen Food Products

Concepts

• miscellaneous food products
• belfast
• frozen food products
• cat-19-013 frozen food products
• food
• frozen
• the education authority n.ireland
• the education authority
• the supply
• the

Location

Belfast

Description

For the Supply and Delivery of Frozen Food Products to EA Catering Units/Kitchens or other locations within Northern for the period 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022 with the option to extend for two further periods of 12 months

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 15800000 - Miscellaneous food products

Indicators

• Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Legal Justification

Modification to the framework is necessary to ensuring ongoing service provision and to facilitate the procurement of essential frozen food products required to serve meals until the commencement of a new arrangement is in place. These requirements have become necessary and are permitted by Regulation 72(1)(c) of The Public Contacts Regulations 2015. Namely, the following conditions have been fulfilled: (i) the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen; the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen; There is currently a new tender process for the re procurement of Frozen Foods which it was anticipated would be completed by 30th June 2024 with a view to a new contract start date of 1st August 2024. However, there has been a delay in the evaluation which is outside of EA’s control. The supplies are required by schools and therefore require this short modification to term of 3 months to ensure no break in service. The additional 3 months is within the timeframes permissible under the Regulation 72 (ii) the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract; The proposed modification does not impact the overall nature of the contract, it remains to be there to supply frozen food products. (iii) any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract or framework agreement. The awarded value of the original Framework was £21,879,000 GBP. Previous modifications have increased this figure to £28,754,800. This modification of £3,670,184.14 represents 16.77% of the awarded value which is less than 50% which is permissible.