Official UK procurement notice
Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought10 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionRenewal of a National Framework (NP775)to cover a full range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables.
CPV: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 30 suppliers · 4 bids on the busiest of 10 lots (0.1 per place) · 4 appointed
- Electronic auction
- yes
Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure
10 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotA range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products; Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to be used by patient, staff and visitors across Scotland, multi supplier ranked framework.
The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and Island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the common services agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Boards, and the Authority or other NHS Organisations established pursuant to NHS (Scotland Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices Additional information: Total value shown is for duration of the framework including the optional extension periods. The framework period shall be 3 years with option to extend for 2 x 6 months periods
Lot #1NHS Ayrshire & ArranAwardedRenewal
A range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products; Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to be used by patient, staff and visitors across Scotland, multi supplier ranked framework.
The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and Island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the common services agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Boards, and the Authority or other NHS Organisations established pursuant to NHS (Scotland Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices Additional information: Total value shown is for the duration of the framework and based on 12 months’ suppliers spend data. The Framework period shall be for 3 years with option to extend for 2 x 6 months periods
Lot #2NHS Dumfries & GallowayAwardedRenewal
A range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to be used by patient, staff and visitors across Scotland, multi supplier ranked framework.
The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the Common Services Agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHSScotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS organisations established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland)
Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices Additional information: Total value shown is for duration of the framework including optional extension periods. The framework period shall be 3 years with option to extend for 2 x 6 months periods
Lot #3NHS FifeAwardedRenewal
A range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to be used by patient, staff and visitors across Scotland, multi supplier ranked framework.
The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the Common Services Agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHSScotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS organisations established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland)
Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices Additional information: Total value shown is for duration of the framework including the optional extension periods. The framework period shall be 3 years with option to extend for 2 x 6 months periods
Lot #4NHS GrampianAwardedRenewal
A range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products; Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to be used by patient,staff and visitors across Scotland, multi supplier ranked framework.
The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the Common Services Agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHSScotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS organisations established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland)
Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices Additional information: Total value shown is for duration of the framework including the optional extension periods. The framework period shall be 3 years with option to extend for 2 x 6 months periods
Lot #5NHS Greater Glasgow & ClydeAwardedRenewal
Lot #6The Golden Jubilee HospitalAwardedRenewal
Lot #7NHS LanarkshireAwardedRenewal
Lot #8NHS Lothian and NHS BordersAwardedRenewal
A range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products; Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to be used by patient, staff and visitors across Scotland, multi supplier ranked framework.
The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and Island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the common services agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Boards, and the Authority or other NHS Organisations established pursuant to NHS (Scotland Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices Additional information: Total value shown is for duration of the framework including optional extension periods. The framework period shall be 3 years with option to extend for 2 x 6 months periods
Lot #9The State HospitalAwardedRenewal
A range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products; Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to be used by patient, staff and visitors across Scotland, multi supplier ranked framework.
The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and Island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the common services agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Boards, and the Authority or other NHS Organisations established pursuant to NHS (Scotland Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices Additional information: Total value shown is for duration of the framework including optional extension periods. The framework period shall be 3 years with option to extend for 2 x 6 months periods
Lot #10NHS TaysideAwardedRenewal
A range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products; Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to be used by patient, staff and visitors across Scotland, multi supplier ranked framework.
The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and Island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the common services agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Boards, and the Authority or other NHS Organisations established pursuant to NHS (Scotland Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices Additional information: Total value shown is for duration of the framework including optional extension periods. The framework period shall be 3 years with option to extend for 2 x 6 months periods
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)
- Service: 10%
- Price: 90%
Published award criteria (2)
- Service: 10
- Price: 90
- Technical & professional ability
See contract/tender documentation which incorporates requirements of the SPD (Scotland)
Minimum: 1) A copy of a valid certificate issued within the last 12 months, certified by a UKAS accredited Certification Body confirming that the economic operators holds a relevant certificate to one of the following standards as applicable: BRC Global Standard for Food Safety (Issue 6 o…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 30 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
- 1 Apr 2021, 16:16 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Oct 2021, 08:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Jun 2021 – …
- Authority reference
NP7752021- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025301- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a24aFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the Common Services Agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS organisations established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices. The indicative total contract value shown is based on a circa 1 700 000 GBP per annum over the indicated duration including extension periods (SC Ref:662355)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publictenderscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 30 Jun 2021, 09:30 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 30 Jun 2021, 09:30 BST
Timeline
5 May 2021 → 11 Oct 2021 · 4 dates- Next notice expected5 May 2021, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown30 Jun 2021, 09:30 BST
- Bids opened30 Jun 2021, 09:30 BST
- Notice published11 Oct 2021, 08:55 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 May 2021- Published value updated to £7,200,00019 May 2021, 09:04 BSTwas £7,000,000
- Status changed to active19 May 2021, 09:04 BST
- Procurement method changed19 May 2021, 09:04 BST
- Deadline published: 30 Jun 2021, 09:30 BST19 May 2021, 09:04 BST
- Status changed to complete11 Oct 2021, 08:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast10 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 10 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £7,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
The State Hospital
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
NHS Lothian and NHS Borders
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
NHS Tayside
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
NHS Fife
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
NHS Grampian
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
The Golden Jubilee Hospital
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
NHS Lanarkshire
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · NHS Ayrshire & Arran | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 2 · NHS Dumfries & Galloway | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 3 · NHS Fife | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 4 · NHS Grampian | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 5 · NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 6 · The Golden Jubilee Hospital | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 7 · NHS Lanarkshire | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 8 · NHS Lothian and NHS Borders | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 9 · The State Hospital | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 10 · NHS Tayside | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview contact point
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- FAILTE FOODSFramework contractor
- George Anderson & SonsFramework contractor
- Premier Produce Scotland LtdFramework contractor
- Total Produce Ltd T/AS Mark MurphyFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria