Official UK procurement notice
58_21 Ready Meals · UK public procurement notice
Authority: ESPO
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionA multi supplier framework agreement for the supply of frozen ready meal solutions that shall include complete single portion main meals and desserts and multi-portion meal components, including main and side dishes, desserts and sweet and savoury sauces.
CPV: Deep-frozen products · Dietetic products · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Hospital meals · Miscellaneous food products · Prepared dishes · Prepared meals · School meals
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 9 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 5 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Single Portion Ready MealsAwarded
Supply of a range of frozen complete single portion main meals and desserts. The following infomation is applicable to all lots: ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Ltd, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the second framework) with ESPO Trading Ltd on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any second framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Ltd may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the framework agreement.
Lot #2Multi-Portion Meal ComponentsAwarded
Supply of a range of frozen ready meal solutions to include multi-portion meal components, including main and
side dishes, desserts and sweet and savory sauces.
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)
- Non-price: 40%
- price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Non-price: 40
- Price: 60
- 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.
- “58_21 Ready Meals” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jan 2021, 15:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Jun 2022, 13:04 BST
- Authority reference
58_21- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-017328- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028e30Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/ESPO/media/Documents/FAQs/ESPOs_powers_to_trade__website_-2016-12-22.pdf) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: http://www.espo.org/ About-us-%281%29/FAQs/Legal
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextName and address of the contractor (should not have been captured in the Award details) · V.2.3 | County Enterprise Foods part of Nottinghamshire County Council Dukeries Way Dukeries Industrial Estate Nottinghamshire Worksop S81 7DW | — | |
| — | TextName and address of the contractor (should not have been captured in the Award details) · V.2.3 | I Care (GB) Ltd Building 3, Kingcraig Business Park Kingcraig Road Blackpool FY2 0PJ | — | |
| — | TextName and address of the contractor (should not have been captured in the Award details) · V.2.3 | I Care (GB) Ltd Building 3, Kingcraig Business Park Kingcraig Road Blackpool FY2 0PJ | — |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Single Portion Ready Meals
- Signed
- 5 Jan 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Multi-Portion Meal Components
- Signed
- 5 Jan 2021
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Single Portion Ready Meals | 9bids · 9 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 2 · Multi-Portion Meal Components | 9bids · 9 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- BFS Group Limited T/A BidfoodFramework contractor
- County Enterprise Foods part of Nottinghamshire County CouncilFramework contractor
- I Care (GB) LtdFramework contractor
- NH Case LtdFramework contractor
- apetito LtdFramework contractor
- apetito LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.