Official UK procurement notice
Transportation of Food Containers
Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionFramework Agreement for the Transport of Food Containers to schools, nurseries and lunch clubs within the Edinburgh catchment area.
- Recurrence: 1 April 2026
CPV: Catering services · Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions · Catering services for transport enterprises · Courier services · Meal delivery service · Meal-serving services · Meals-on-wheels services · Motor vehicles for the transport of goods · Public road transport services · Road transport services · School catering services · School meals · +1 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 3 bids on the busiest of 4 lots (0.8 per place) · 1 appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1North East LocalityAwardedRenewal
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) has a statutory duty to provide a hot meal to those children entitled to a free meal. The service is administered by the Council’s Facilities Management Catering Services (FMCS). The Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the purpose of transportation of food containers within the Edinburgh catchment area. The successful tenderer(s) will be required to collect containers from a finishing kitchen and deliver them to schools, nurseries and lunch clubs within the locality boundary.
Lot #2South East LocalityAwardedRenewal
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) has a statutory duty to provide a hot meal to those children entitled to a free meal. The service is administered by the Council’s Facilities Management Catering Services (FMCS). The Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the purpose of transportation of food containers within the Edinburgh catchment area. The successful tenderer(s) will be required to collect containers from a finishing kitchen and deliver them to schools, nurseries and lunch clubs within the locality boundary.
Lot #3South West LocalityAwardedRenewal
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) has a statutory duty to provide a hot meal to those children entitled to a free meal. The service is administered by the Council’s Facilities Management Catering Services (FMCS). The Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the purpose of transportation of food containers within the Edinburgh catchment area. The successful tenderer(s) will be required to collect containers from a finishing kitchen and deliver them to schools, nurseries and lunch clubs within the locality boundary.
Lot #4North West LocalityAwardedRenewal
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) has a statutory duty to provide a hot meal to those children entitled to a free meal. The service is administered by the Council’s Facilities Management Catering Services (FMCS). The Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the purpose of transportation of food containers within the Edinburgh catchment area. The successful tenderer(s) will be required to collect containers from a finishing kitchen and deliver them to schools, nurseries and lunch clubs within the locality boundary.
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: 40
- Price: 60
- Suitability
Drivers employed in the delivery of this service hold a full driving licence for the class of vehicle used to transport the food containers.
- Economic & financial standing
This section refers to Section B of Part IV of the SPD (Scotland)
Minimum: Part IV: Selection criteria - B: Economic and financial standing – Question 4B.1 - Tenderers are required to have a minimum “general” annual turnover of GBP 115,000 for the last two financial years for each locality the Contractor bids for. Where a Tenderer does not have an annua… - Technical & professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
- 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.
- “Transportation of Food Containers” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 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
- Services
- 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
- Yes · 1 April 2026
- First published
- 12 Jan 2023, 12:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2023, 08:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Feb 2023 – …
- Authority reference
CT1054- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-020864- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0396deFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: It is a mandatory requirement that Tendering Organisations with more than 5 employees have in place a Health & Safety Policy which is approved at senior level within the organisation and is reviewed regularly. Bidders should confirm that this condition has been met within the response to this question. Where a Bidder does not have a Health & Safety Policy and is required to do so, the Council may exclude the bidder from the competition. To improve air quality in the city and reduce harmful emissions, the Council has implemented a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme. The LEZ is in the city centre and includes all vehicle types (excluding motorcycle, mopeds and nationally exempted vehicles). Petrol vehicles must be a minimum of Euro 4 standard and diesel vehicles must be minimum of Euro 6 standard. Vehicles that do not meet the minimum emissions standard will receive a Penalty Charge Notice (fine). A two-year grace period is in place and fines will not be issued until enforcement begins on 1 June 2024. Contractors should work towards their entire fleet becoming zero emission (for example by using electric vehicles - EVs), as soon as is practical, in support of the City’s 2030 net zero emissions target. The Contractor shall demonstrate that they have plans to progressively decarbonise their fleets to aim for a 100% sustainable fleet by 2030. (SC Ref:738381)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 13 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Feb 2023 → 20 Jul 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown13 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published20 Jul 2023, 08:40 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Jul 2023, 08:40 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,750,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
North East Locality
- Signed
- 20 Jun 2023
- Value
- £1,785,000
- Status
- active
South East Locality
- Signed
- 20 Jun 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
South West Locality
- Signed
- 20 Jun 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
North West Locality
- Signed
- 20 Jun 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · North East Locality | 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · South East Locality | 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · South West Locality | 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · North West Locality | 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Sheridan Myers Management Services LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.