Dishwashers, Blast Chillers and Toasters

Concepts

• belfast
• catering equipment
• blast chillers
• toasters
• dishwashers
• chillers
• blast
• education authority northern ireland
• eani cat
• education authority

Location

Belfast

Description

The award of a framework agreement by Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union, in respect of the provision of Dishwashers, Blast Chillers and Toasters for EANI CAT 11039 as further described in OJEU Contract Notice.

Total Quantity or Scope

Supply of Dishwashers, Blast Chillers and Toasters to the Education Authority NI

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 39310000 - Catering equipment

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

The call off contract was entered into by EANI was initially for a term ending 30 April 2022 with the option to extend for two further periods of up to 6 and 13 months respectively. These options were taken up and the call off contract was in place until 30 November 2023 (Expiry) under Regulation 72(1)(f) of The Public Contacts Regulations 2015. The contract was modified in December 2023to allow for a short 4 month extension for the contract to finish on 31 March 2024. EANI has commenced a new procurement which has been issued via the CAT 23 001 Dynamic Purchasing System this will be concluded by 31 March 2024. The original call off contract was for a maximum value of £881,000 this modification is to increase the value of this contract by a maximum of 50% £440,000. Further additional services until the commencement of the new framework agreement, which were not included in the original procurement, 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. Namely, unprecedented staff shortages in the catering industry and industrial action by staff. Staffing issues caused by industry wide recruitment problems have delayed the new procurement, with such circumstances, and the ensuing delay, unforeseeable by EANI. Accordingly, a modification of value is required in order to allow the continuation of the provision of goods whilst the procurement exercise carried out via CAT 23 001 Dynamic Purchasing is concluded and the new contract commences. (ii) The modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract. Other than the value of the call off contract being increased to allow the continuation of the provision of goods whilst the new procurement is concluded and the new contract in place, the nature of the call off contract is not being amended; and (iii) Any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract or framework agreement. The upper estimate of the original Framework Agreement was £881,000 GBP, this modification is for £440,000 which is less than 50% of the original maximum value of £881,000. This does not exceed 50% of the value of the original call off contract.