Official UK procurement notice
CAT-21-002 Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Authority: Education Authority (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables for delivery to School Meals Kitchens throughout Northern Ireland. EA wish to carry out pre-market engagement with interested suppliers to investigate the current market capabilities and gain knowledge about existing and future products which will assist the tender panel with the development of the tender documentation. This will ensure existing and future requirements are met and will also provide procurement awareness for suppliers regarding EA’s requirements for the purchase of these products.
CPV: Fruit, vegetables and related products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of…Planned
The Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables for delivery to School Meals Kitchens throughout Northern Ireland. Additional information: The estimated date of publication at II.3 is subject to change.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2021, 12:54 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2021, 12:54 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-019034- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d1c9Find a Tender
- Review procedure
UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/. mediation procedures.
Publisher note: This tender is for the supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables. No final decision has been made yet on whether this requirement will be tendered in lots. It is the intention of the Education Authority to either host pre-market engagement meetings on 22/23September 2021 via MS Teams or Zoom to discuss our requirements and/or to issue a questionnaire to interested suppliers. Should you wish to participate you must email [email protected] with the subject CAT-21-002 Supplier Event no later than 12 noon on Monday 23 August 2021. Your email should include the names of the representatives wishing to attend if a meeting is to be held, the name of your organisation and a brief summary of the products your organisation is interested in supplying. If meetings are to be held appointments will be allocated according to availability after the cut-off date. Please note that appointments are limited and will be on a first come first served basis. Suppliers will be informed of the final arrangements prior to any pre-market engagement meetings. Please note the date is subject to change and we reserve the right to arrange alternative engagement meetings with suppliers if required. All future tender documentation will be made available via the http://etendersni.gov.uk website and potential tenderers should register on this website to ensure they have access to tender documentation when the tender is published. This pre-market engagement meeting is for information purposes only. Any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in a procurement exercise. Failure to show interest does not restrict providers from participating in any future procurement exercise.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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- Submission channel
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Timeline
6 Aug 2021 → 26 Jan 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published6 Aug 2021, 12:54 BST
- Tender notice expected26 Jan 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.