ID 5117883 - DfE - SERC - The Supply and Delivery of Fruit, Vegetables and Fresh Produce for the Northern Ireland Further and Higher Education Colleges

Concepts

• belfast
• antrim
• omagh
• food and drink
• newry
• londonderry
• newtownards
• fruit and vegetables
• fruit, vegetables and nuts
• vegetables

Location

Newtownards

Description

South Eastern Regional College (SERC) on behalf of the six regional colleges in Northern Ireland wishes to appoint a supplier(s) for the supply and delivery of fresh fruit and vegetables. The contract will be divided into six lots as follows: Lot 1 – South Eastern Regional College (SERC); Lot 2 – Southern Regional College (SRC); Lot 3 – South West College (SWC); Lot 4 – Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC); Lot 5 – Northern Regional College (NRC); and Lot 6 – North West Regional College (NWRC). Each lot will be awarded to one Tenderer. There are no restrictions on the number of lots a Tenderer can bid for or be awarded. Therefore, Tenderers may tender for any lot they wish. However, Tenderers must be able to provide and deliver all fresh fruit and vegetables listed within each lot bid for. Tenderers should refer to the Specification Schedule for more details on the services required.

Lot Division

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The Client will have the option to extend the contract by two further periods of one year each.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
• 15300000 - Fruit, vegetables and related products
• 03220000 - Vegetables, fruits and nuts
• 03221000 - Vegetables
• 03221200 - Fruit vegetables

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct, and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate..