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Published 4 Oct 2023, 10:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ENHT & PAHT Authorised Person for Food and Drink

Official notice

Authority: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£100,000exc. VAT10% below published estimate
Submissions closed 3 Nov 2023awarded 1 Oct 2024
Awarded to Inspectrum Food Safety

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust ("ENHT”) and The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (“PAHT”) ("the Authorities") procured a new requirement of Authorised Person for Food and Drink. The initial 3-year contracts will commence after contract signing.<br/><br/>The specified role and responsibilities of the Authorising Person will be as described within the New National Standards for Hospital Food and Drink safety and other associated guidance and regulations governing the safety and compliance of Food and Drink.<br/><br/>The Authorising Person will be independent of the Trust and their Service Provider(s) ensuring a totally independent non-bias approach to providing support, guidance, and recommendations with the focus of achieving evidenced based compliance and safety.

CPV: Meal-preparation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1• Review the Trusts effective leadership of patient feeding and nutrition across all…AwardedRenewalPublished value£100,000
  • Review the Trusts effective leadership of patient feeding and nutrition across all departments.<br/>
  • Help the Trust to develop a food and drink strategy that looks to increase the level of patient, staff and visitor satisfaction with their food and drink service.<br/>
  • Review how the Trust captures how the organisation addresses safe delivery of nutritious and quality food and drink for patients; how healthier food and the right environment for staff and visitors are provided; and embeds sustainable practices in its service, such as buying food more sustainably and wasting less.<br/>
  • Review how the trust reports to the board on food and drink performance and what targets it has established and how these are monitored.<br/>
  • Assist with the annual returns required by NHS organisations to provide evidence of compliance with the Food and Drink Standards, that will form part of PAM return.<br/>
  • Look at the role of a dedicated food service dietitian. This role should be the main interface between catering and clinical services,
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The contract may be extended up to a further 24 monthsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 50%
  • Cost: 40%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: 50
  • Social Value: 10
  • Cost: 40%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
4 Oct 2023, 10:32 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2024, 13:37 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Oct 2023 – …
Authority reference
T/10-23/1427
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-031364
Classification (CPV)
Meal-preparation services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0407bd Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
3 Nov 2023
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
4 Oct 2023, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Oct 2023 → 1 Oct 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    4 Oct 2023, 14:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    3 Nov 2023
  3. Notice published
    1 Oct 2024, 13:37 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Oct 2024, 13:37 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £90,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Oct 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Inspectrum Food Safety£90,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, East of England, SG1 4ABContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Inspectrum Food SafetyAwarded supplier Knoll House Knoll road Camberley, GU153SY, Camberley, South East, GU153SY

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.