Notice Information
Notice Title
TRN-20-047 Transport of School Meals
Notice Description
The award of a framework agreement by Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union, in respect of the provision of Transport of School Meals for EANI TRN-20-047 as further described in OJEU Contract Notice.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Education Authority Catering Service sought Tenders for the collection, transport and delivery of school meals and accompanying items in a number of school areas across Northern Ireland.
Options: The initial framework period will be for up to one school academic year 1st September 2021 to 30th June 2022 with the option to extend it by up to three further periods of the school academic year. It should be noted that the framework extensions may or may not be exercised.
Procurement Information
The Framework Agreement set out in OJEU Contract Notice was entered into by EANI as per the published Contract Award Notice (Framework Agreement). The Framework Agreement was initially for a value of PS3,450,000. The modified value is up to a maximum of PS1,725,000 GBP. Further additional services until the commencement of the new framework agreement, which were not included in the original procurement, have become necessary and are permitted by Regulation 72(1)(c) of The Public Contacts Regulations 2015. Namely, the following conditions have been fulfilled: (i) The need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen. Namely, EA buses that previously delivered school meals could no longer be used as they were either 1) redeployed to home-to-school runs or 2) EA Transport were unable to recruit drivers or 3) existing drivers refused to provide the service. (ii) The modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract; and (iii) Any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract or framework agreement. The upper estimate of the original Framework Agreement was PS3,450,000 GBP. date. As the modification to value is estimated to be up to a maximum of approximately PS1,725,000 GBP, it does not exceed 50% of the value of the original Framework Agreement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02bd8c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021303-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
55520000 - Catering services
55521100 - Meals-on-wheels services
55521200 - Meal delivery service
60120000 - Taxi services
60180000 - Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jul 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Jul 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Education Authority NI
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT1 2NQ
- Postcode Area
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Duncairn
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast North
Further Information
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