Official UK procurement notice
Provision and Supply of Fresh Meat Fruit and Vegetables
Authority: CalMac Ferries Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCalMac Ferries Ltd has a requirement for a single supplier of all fresh meat, fruit, and vegetable products for the major vessels throughout the network to support provision of a strong retail offering for passengers and also to cover crew feeding and welfare needs. The successful Tenderer would be required to deliver ordered products to various port locations several times per week in line with vessel schedules to allow catering staff to fulfil all onboard needs.
- Recurrence: January 2027
CPV: Animal products, meat and meat products · Cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Vegetables, fruits and nuts
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1CalMac Ferries Ltd has a requirement for a single supplier of all fresh meat, fruit,…Renewal
CalMac Ferries Ltd has a requirement for a single supplier of all fresh meat, fruit, and vegetable products for the major vessels throughout the network to support provision of a strong retail offering for passengers and also to cover crew feeding and welfare needs. The successful Tenderer would be required to deliver ordered products to various port locations several times per week in line with vessel schedules to allow catering staff to fulfil all onboard needs. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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/Technical: 40%
- price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality/Technical: 40
- Price: 60
- Suitability
Economic Operators will be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided within the SPD (Scotland).
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to these statements when completing section 4B of the SPD (Scotland)
Statement for 4B - Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described below:
Bidders must provide their ("general") yearly turnover for the last three financial years.
Bidders must provide their ("specific") yearly turnover for the last three financial years.
Please note that minimum required turnover per year should be 1.64 Million GBP.
Minimum: Economic Operators must confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement the following levels of insurance: Professional Risk Indemnity: 5 Million GBP Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: 5 Million GBP Public Liability: 5 Million GBP Product Liability: 5… - Technical & professional ability
Technical or Professional Ability Part 4C.
CFL requires that Tenderers are able to demonstrate via previous examples that a range of goods and services have been provided in the past to other organisations with similar requirements.
Tenderers should note that evidence of meeting these criteria is expected in the response to each question.
The scored questions are as follows:
Q1 (30%) - Tenderers should demonstrate experience of using an online/EDI/web-based product ordering system including quick catalogue and pricing amendment features and paperless delivery note / invoice creation?
Q2 (30%) - Tenderers should demonstrate examples of servicing multiple locations throughout the West Coast of Scotland and being able to provide a next working day delivery service for chilled, short shelf life products?
Q3 (40%) - Tenderers should demonstrate examples of using locally sourced/Scottish produce where possible and show reactiveness to innovation/NPD briefs?
Minimum: Qualification Envelope: Part 3, Section A, B, C, D will be scored on a pass/fail basis and Part 4 Section C will be scored in line with the weighting shown above for Q1 to Q3 inclusive. If any question subject to ‘pass/fail’ scoring be scored ‘fail’ the entire submission may be s…
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- 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.
- “Provision and Supply of Fresh Meat Fruit and Vegetables” 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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · January 2027
- First published
- 30 Jan 2023, 16:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jan 2023, 16:18 GMT
- Authority reference
CSCO22-531- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-002828- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a135Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: CFL's Conditions of Contract will be published with the ITT document. Economic Operators should note that the conditions of the procurement include (but are not limited to) the following: -The eligibility requirements in this Contract Notice will apply to the procurement at all times. Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if the Economic Operator no longer meets the selection criteria set out in the Contract Notice at any stage during the competition and/or there is a change in identity, control, financial standing or other factor impacting on the selection process affecting the Economic Operator; -CFL is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004. Accordingly, all information submitted to CFL may need to be disclosed and/or published by it in response to a request under FOISA or the EIRs; and -Economic Operators will remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them in connection. CFL will not be liable to reimburse or compensate any costs incurred in connection with an Economic Operator’s participation in this competition, including any costs or other liability in respect of the cancellation of the process. The award criteria questions and weightings will be published in the ITT. Tenderers will be expected to demonstrate capability. CFL reserves the right not to award a contract pursuant to this procurement and to cancel the procurement at any point without liability. Tenderers should note that CFL intends to ask questions at the ITT stage, these questions form a small part within a broader question base. These ITT questions shall be grouped as either belonging to mandatory Pass/Fail type questions or questions which shall be scored and weighted. Where a supplier has been assessed to have failed a Pass/Fail question their tender submission shall be deemed non-compliant and excluded from that point forward within the ITT process. Questions in the ITT will be scored using the following methodology: 100- Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients. 75 - Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients. 50 - Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature. 25 - Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/ capacity/capability. 0 - Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion. Award Criteria questions can be found in the ITT together with the weightings. COMPETITIVE PROCEDURE WITH NEGOTIATION EXPLANATION -Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) this is a two-stage procedure run in a similar way to a Restricted procedure. This requires interested parties to complete a pre-qualification stage by submitting a Single Procurement Document (SPD) before being invited to submit a tender. This down selection process allows CFL to limit the number of parties receiving the full tender and moving forward to the negotiation phase(s). The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 23382. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:720364)
How it was run
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- Appointment period ends
- 1 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
Timeline
30 Jan 2023 → 13 Mar 2023 · 3 dates- Notice published30 Jan 2023, 16:18 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown1 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected13 Mar 2023
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Greenock Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.