Period products provision to school and community settings & Home ordering service for reusable period products

Concepts

• sanitary towels or tampons
• flintshire
• personal care products
• community and personal services
• reusable period products
• period products provision
• period products
• an autumn and spring reusable period products
• ecofriendly disposable and re-usable period products
• school and community settings

Location

Flintshire

Description

Flintshire County Council is at going out to tender for a value up to 118,000 GBP to find a a supplier to oversee the provision of period products across Flintshire from October 2024 to March 2025. This would include providing 78 school settings and up to 40 community outlets with ecofriendly disposable and re-usable period products and running an autumn and spring reusable period products online home ordering avenue for young people aged 8-18 years to be delivered to their home addresses.

Total Quantity or Scope

Flintshire County Council is at going out to tender for a value up to 118,000 GBP to find a a supplier to oversee the provision of period products across Flintshire from October 2024 to March 2025. This would include providing 78 school settings and up to 40 community outlets with ecofriendly disposable and re-usable period products and running an autumn and spring reusable period products online home ordering avenue for young people aged 8-18 years to be delivered to their home addresses. The value of this tender is up to 118,000 GBP for 2024-2025 to cover both the ordering method and the value of the products. This tender is Welsh Government grant funded. We envisage an optional two-year extension in the contract subject to funding being received by Welsh Government for 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.

Renewal Options

An optional two-year extension will be included in the contract subject to funding being received by Welsh Government for 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 33771100 - Sanitary towels or tampons
• 33700000 - Personal care products
• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Instructions 1. Log in to PROACTIS at https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com 2. If you are already registered on the Proactis portal please Login and start at Step 14 of these instructions if not go to STEP 3 3. Click the “Sign Up” button at the bottom of the window 4. Enter your correct Organisation Name, address and Primary Contact Details. You will need to create the Organisation ID and User Name. If you have a generic email address for your organisation e.g. tenders@xxx.co.uk then please use this as the primary contact email address. 5. Please make a note of the Organisation ID and User Name, then click “Register” 6. You will receive an email asking you to “Click here to activate your account”. This takes you to Enter Organisation Details. 7. Please enter the information requested, click the “>” on the screen and follow the instructions ensuring that you enter all applicable details. 8. In the Classification screen please ensure that you select the Product Classification Codes (CPV Codes) that appear in the tender notice. Please ensure that the selected codes are relevant to your business to ensure that you get notification of opportunities that are of interest. 9. In the Buyers screen please select Denbighshire County Council (you may register with other organisations if you wish) 10. In the Primary Contact Details screen please ensure that all information is complete. (Please see note 4 above) 11. Accept the Terms and Conditions and then click “>”. This takes you to the Welcome window. 12. In the Finish screen please enter a new password and note all your Login details for future reference. 13. Now click “Complete Registration” and you will enter the Supplier Network page. 14. On the centre of the screen click “Opportunities”. This will take you to the list of current opportunities available to you. 15. Click the “>” that relates to this notice, this will take you into the PQQ or Tender Request and click “Register Interest”. Note there may be several opportunities that appear on this screen, please ensure that you select the correct one. 16. In the “Your Opportunities” screen please note the closing time and date for completion of the relevant project. Please review the “Items” tab (Tender stage only) and the Documents tab (PQQ and Tender stages) as there will be information relating to the project held here. The Documents are accessed by clicking the down arrow underneath the General tab. Please ensure that you download all documents to your PC as you will be required to complete and upload some of them as part of your submission. There are instructions on how to complete your submission in the Guidance for Bidders document. 17. You can now either create your response”, or “Decline” this opportunity. Tenders may be submitted in Welsh, a tender submitted in Welsh will be treated no less favourably than a tender submitted in English. Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: As detailed in the tender documentation (WA Ref:142975)