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Published 6 Aug 2021, 12:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CAT-21-002 Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

Official notice

Authority: Education Authority (Education)

Goods
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 26 Jan 2022from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables for delivery to School Meals Kitchens throughout Northern Ireland. EA wish to carry out pre-market engagement with interested suppliers to investigate the current market capabilities and gain knowledge about existing and future products which will assist the tender panel with the development of the tender documentation. This will ensure existing and future requirements are met and will also provide procurement awareness for suppliers regarding EA’s requirements for the purchase of these products.

CPV: Fruit, vegetables and related products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of…Planned

The Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables for delivery to School Meals Kitchens throughout Northern Ireland. Additional information: The estimated date of publication at II.3 is subject to change.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 Aug 2021, 12:54 BST
Last source update
6 Aug 2021, 12:54 BST
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-019034
Classification (CPV)
Fruit, vegetables and related products
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d1c9 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/. mediation procedures.

Publisher note: This tender is for the supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables. No final decision has been made yet on whether this requirement will be tendered in lots. It is the intention of the Education Authority to either host pre-market engagement meetings on 22/23September 2021 via MS Teams or Zoom to discuss our requirements and/or to issue a questionnaire to interested suppliers. Should you wish to participate you must email catering.procure@eani.org.uk with the subject CAT-21-002 Supplier Event no later than 12 noon on Monday 23 August 2021. Your email should include the names of the representatives wishing to attend if a meeting is to be held, the name of your organisation and a brief summary of the products your organisation is interested in supplying. If meetings are to be held appointments will be allocated according to availability after the cut-off date. Please note that appointments are limited and will be on a first come first served basis. Suppliers will be informed of the final arrangements prior to any pre-market engagement meetings. Please note the date is subject to change and we reserve the right to arrange alternative engagement meetings with suppliers if required. All future tender documentation will be made available via the http://etendersni.gov.uk website and potential tenderers should register on this website to ensure they have access to tender documentation when the tender is published. This pre-market engagement meeting is for information purposes only. Any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in a procurement exercise. Failure to show interest does not restrict providers from participating in any future procurement exercise.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Submission channel
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Timeline

6 Aug 2021 → 26 Jan 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    6 Aug 2021, 12:54 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    26 Jan 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Education Authority

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 3 Charlemont Place, The Mall, Armagh, UK, BT61 9AXContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body Armagh

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.