Official UK procurement notice
Food and Catering Supplies
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of food, catering, cleaning and disposable products at Council locations within the Borough of Swindon.
The framework agreement is for supply of food and catering products under the Lots below.
Each lot will be awarded to a single supplier. Potential suppliers can bid for one single, individual lot, or for multiple lots.
Lot 1 – Fresh Fruit and Vegetables (Value of Lot 1 2018-19: £80,000)
Lot 2 – Ambient, Dry and Chilled (Value of Lot 2 2018-19: £62,000)
Lot 3 – Frozen Foods and Ice Cream (Value of Lot 3 2018-19: £196,000)
Lot 4 – Soft Drinks and Snacks (Value of Lot 4 2018-19: £42,500)
Lot 5 – Disposables and Cleaning (Value of Lot 5 2018-19: £93,000)
Lot 6 – Frozen Iced Drinks (Value of Lot 6 2018-19: £5000)
Full details relating to the Goods are provided in the tender documents.
Period of Framework Agreement
The framework agreement is for an initial period of 36 months commencing 1 March 2021, with the option of a further 12 month extension.
CPV: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products · Beverages, tobacco and related products · Catering supplies · Cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts · Cleaning and polishing products · Cleaning products · Deep-frozen products · Desserts · Disposable catering supplies · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Fresh or frozen vegetables · Frozen fish, fish fillets and other fish meat · +6 more
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Fresh Fruit and VegetablesCancelled
Lot #2Ambient, Dry and ChilledCancelled
Lot 2 - Ambient, Dry and Chilled
Lot #3Frozen Foods and Ice CreamCancelled
Lot #4Soft Drinks and SnacksCancelled
Lot #5Disposables and CleaningCancelled
Lot #6Frozen Iced DrinksCancelled
Lot 6 - Frozen Iced Drinks
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jan 2021, 15:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Jan 2021, 15:39 GMT
- Authority reference
DN505884- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001175- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028bedFind a Tender
Publisher note: Swindon Borough Council has taken the decision to abandon the current tender process in relation to the procurement of Food and Catering Supplies. When creating the evaluation spreadsheet for the award stage questions, the council identified a number of errors within its published tender documentation, specifically in the Instructions to Tenderers stated evaluation criteria for lot specific questions 6.1.14 and 6.1.15 with regard to the applicable lots which bidders should respond to and Section 6 Tender Award questions where the lot specific answers were requested. The council has determined it is necessary to amend these errors only to ensure that the council can achieve its duties in relation to best value, transparency and equal treatment of all bidders as these errors could have caused bidders some confusion. The council is therefore abandoning the current tender process and will be issuing a new tender. It is currently anticipated that the new tender opportunity will be advertised on the new Find a Tender Service (which has recently replaced OJEU), Contracts Finder and the Supplying the South West portal shortly and we would encourage all bidders to register their interest and download the new tender documents to participate as this will be a new tender opportunity.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.