Official UK procurement notice
Technology and Management Agent - Food Supply and Delivery Platform
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis agreement will initially be a twelve-month pilot programme that will run in the South West of England, and will then roll out nationally following the successful completion of the pilot.
RM6227 will provide access to an online platform that links public sector organisations with a wide range of local food producers and suppliers. Customers will have the flexibility to meet their food requirements using multiple suppliers. The food products offered by the platform include:
fresh, pantry, bakery, ready meals
frozen foods, drinks, catering consumables.
Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The procurement of the Technology and Management system will be one of three…Planned
The procurement of the Technology and Management system will be one of three procurements the other procurements will be for Food Producers, suppliers & processors and Logistic suppliers.
These 3 procurements will be the component parts of an online ordering function for the supply and delivery of food to buyers.
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
- Services
- 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
- 12 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Authority reference
RM6227- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-005130- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029b7bFind a Tender
Publisher note: The intention of this PIN is to: 1) Inform that CCS are to consider an exercise to set up a contracting vehicle as described at section II.1.4); 2) Gauge market interest in this procurement; 3) Identify suppliers who would like to participate in the engagement process, which may include webinars, surveys and meetings; 4) To participate in the engagement and to register for regular updates, please email food@crowncommercial.gov.uk 5) Information related to the project will be uploaded to the CCS RM6227 webpage: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6227 Please note that the date of the OJEU is subject to change. A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b8b45238-20c4-4b28-9991-05cc82d01113
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Mar 2021 → 28 Aug 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published12 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Tender notice expected28 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST
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
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.