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Trafford Council

Invitation to Tender for the Supply and Delivery of Groceries/Chilled Foods and Frozen Foods (C135)

Food & BeveragesCPV 15000000
Value£37.2m
Awarded10 May 2015
Published1 Jun 2018
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£37.2mtotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£40.2m

This is a large award for Food & Beverages — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,386 valued Food & Beverages tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Trafford Council, as a member of the STaR Shared Procurement Service, is looking to establish a framework agreement on behalf of AGMA (Association of Greater Manchester Authorities) for the Supply and Delivery of Groceries/Chilled Foods and Frozen Foods to schools, social care establishments, commercial establishments and other council establishments.

The tender will consist of 2 Lots as follows: Lot 1: Groceries/Chilled Foods Lot 2: Frozen Foods Companies are required in their tender submission to indicate in Section 5 (Tender Schedule) which of the Lots they would wish to supply and also the participating AGMA members they would wish to supply.

Companies may submit a tender for either or both of the Lots but are required to submit tendered prices for ALL products listed in the Pricing Schedule(s) within that Lot.

Tenderers should note that this Framework is open to and may be used by other Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) and its associate members, and Manchester Partners - this includes the following Councils: Bolton, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Manchester, Rochdale, Bury, Salford, Wigan, Blackburn Darwen BC, Blackpool, Cheshire East, Warrington, and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority, Greater Manchester Police Authority, Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Commission for New Economy, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (TfGM),Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Integrated Transport Authority, and Lancashire County Council.

Trafford Council, as a member of the STaR Shared Procurement Service, is looking to establish a framework agreement on behalf of AGMA (Association of Greater Manchester Authorities) for the Supply and Delivery of Groceries/Chilled Foods and Frozen Foods to schools, social care establishments, commercial establishments and other council establishments.

The tender will consist of 2 Lots as follows: Lot 1: Groceries/Chilled Foods Lot 2: Frozen Foods Companies are required in their tender submission to indicate in Section 5 (Tender Schedule) which of the Lots they would wish to supply and also the participating AGMA members they would wish to supply.

Companies may submit a tender for either or both of the Lots but are required to submit tendered prices for ALL products listed in the Pricing Schedule(s) within that Lot.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Companies are required in their tender submission

Companies are required in their tender submission to indicate in Section 5 (Tender Schedule) which of the Lots they would wish to supply and also the participating AGMA members they would wish to supply.

02

Companies may submit a tender for either

Companies may submit a tender for either or both of the Lots but are required to submit tendered prices for ALL products listed in the Pricing Schedule(s) within that Lot.

03

Tenderers should note that this Framework is

Tenderers should note that this Framework is open to and may be used by other Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) and its associate members, and Manchester Partners.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Trafford Council, as a member of the STaR Shared Procurement Service, is looking to establish a framework agreement on behalf of AGMA (Association of Greater Manchester Authorities) for the Supply and Delivery of Groceries/Chilled Foods and Frozen Foods to schools, social care establishments, commercial establishments…

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Source & provenance
OCID
17f9f023-ea66-49d2-8905-3debb40a528a
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
TRAF001-DN59752-91577784
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