Official UK procurement notice
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION OF MILK THIRDS AND FRESH MILK
Authority: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the Milk Thirds and Fresh Milk needs of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. The framework is let on behalf of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council but will also be open for use by all other public sector contracting authorities (and any future successors to these organisations) These include (but are not limited to) Central government departments and agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. Full details of the classification of eligible end user establishments and geographical areas is available at: www.dukefieldfood.com ↗
One preferred supplier will be awarded to supply the framework.
CPV: Milk · Pasteurised milk · Semi-skimmed milk · Skimmed milk
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£2,793,381
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Evaluation: 40%
- Cost Price Evaluation: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Evaluation: 40.00%
- Cost Price Evaluation: 60.00%
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION OF MILK THIRDS AND…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Aug 2021, 20:33 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Dec 2021, 14:33 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Sept 2021 – …
- Authority reference
CA9168 -- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031260- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02da49Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council will incorporate a minimum 10-day standstill period at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. Bidders who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why the bidder was unsuccessful. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations provide for the aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by the breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any action must be generally brought within 3 months. If a declaration of ineffectiveness is sought, any such action must be brought within 30 days where the Contracting Authority has communicated the award of the contract and a summary of reasons to tenderers, or otherwise within 6 months of the contract being entered into. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Contracting Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract the shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: Dukefield Foodservice Ltd (who are a subsidiary of Dukefield Ltd) are acting as agents of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in the development and on-going contract management of this framework. The Contracting Authority will be using an e-tendering system to conduct the procurement exercise. To access the procurement documentation suppliers must register their company details on the In-Sourcing Cloud system at MultiQuote system at https://suppliers.multiquote.com, the tender is available from the opportunities menu on the login page of the site. The Contracting Authority shall not be under any obligation to accept the lowest tender or indeed any tender.The Contracting Authority further reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process and reserves the right to cancel the entire process or parts of the tender process commenced by the publication of this notice and in no circumstances will be liable for any costs incurred by tenderer's. The value of the framework provided in section ll.1.5 is only an estimate and the Contracting Authority cannot guarantee any business through this framework agreement. The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement that will also be open for use by other Public Sector Bodies.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 27 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
27 Sept 2021 → 15 Dec 2021 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown27 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened27 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published15 Dec 2021, 14:33 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 Dec 2021, 14:33 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION OF MILK THIRDS AND FRESH MILK
- Signed
- 15 Dec 2021
- Value
- £846,098
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Creamline Dairies LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria