Supply and Delivery of Dairy Products

If required, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

Bidders will be required to have a minimum "general" yearly turnover in each of the last three financial years as follows:

333,000 GBP for Lot 1 (North Ayrshire Council);

300,000 GBP for Lot 2 (South Ayrshire Council);

633,000 GBP where bidding for both Lots.

Bidders must meet the minimum turnover requirement applicable to the Lot(s) for which they are submitting a bid.

Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

Public liability insurance, to the value of at least ten million pounds (10,000,000 GBP) sterling in respect of any one event and unlimited in the period;

Employer’s liability insurance, to the value of at least five million pounds (5,000,000 GBP) sterling in respect of any one event and unlimited in the period;

Products liability insurance, to the value of at least ten million pounds (10,000,000 GBP) sterling in the aggregate in the policy period;

Third-party motor vehicle insurance maintained throughout the period of the Framework Agreement, in accord with the provisions of the current Road Traffic Act 1988 (as amended).

A valid motor vehicle certificate in the Supplier’s name, or (where there is no fleet but rather the Supplier permits employees to use th…

Bidders must provide two examples that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the contract, as described in part II.2.4 of the Contract Notice. Examples must be of a similar scope, size, and value and be from within the last three (supplies and services) years. Unsatisfactory experience will result in a fail and exclusion from the tender process. If you submit more than two examples, NAC will only evaluate the first two examples provided.

Bidders must also provide two satisfactory references for the same two contracts. References should be fully completed and signed by previous customers and must be of a similar scope, size, and value and be from within the last three (supplies and services) years. If any of the referees score less than two, the bidder will be excluded from the tender process. If you submit more than two references, NAC will only evaluate the first two references provided.

Bidders should complete a separate experience / reference template for each experience example. Bidders should complete Section 1 Experience and then forward to the relevant customer/client to complete Section 2 Reference Proforma. The customer/client should return the completed template to the bidder and the bidder in turn will upload the fully completed template.

Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

Bidders who intend to subcontract more than 25% to any individual organisation must ensure…