CAT-19-013 - Frozen Food Products

Concepts

• miscellaneous food products
• belfast
• frozen food products
• frozen food products for eani
• the supply of frozen food products
• cat-19-013 - frozen food products
• food
• frozen
• education authority n.ireland
• prior publication

Location

Belfast

Description

The award of a contract by Education Authority N.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

Total Quantity or Scope

The Supply of Frozen Food Products to the Education Authority N.Ireland

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 15800000 - Miscellaneous food products

Indicators

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; 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. This modification of £2,500,000 represents 11% of the awarded value which is less than 50% which is permissible