Frozen Food Products

Concepts

• miscellaneous food products
• belfast
• frozen food products
• frozen food products for eani
• food
• frozen
• eani
• prior publication
• education authority northern ireland
• the official journal

Location

Belfast

Description

The award of a contract 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 Frozen Food Products for EANI. CAT-19-013.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 15800000 - Miscellaneous food products

Indicators

• Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Legal Justification

A modification to the value of the Framework Agreement for Frozen Food Products (CAT 19 013) by 20% is necessary to cover anticipated orders to the remaining contract period (until 31 July 2024). 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 following issues that could not have been predicted and have impacted on costs and therefore increased spend under the current Framework: - Hyper food inflation experienced as a result of the conflict in Ukraine which has impacted supply on European products. - Much higher than anticipated energy prices that impacted all processing, production, and transportation of goods. - Increased costs due to farming pressures and weather creating stock shortages. (ii) the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract; The proposed modification does not impact the overall nature of the agreement, it remains to be there to supply frozen food products to schools. (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 was £21,879,000 GBP, this modification is for an additional £4,375,800 (20%) which is less than 50% of the original maximum value.