Notice Information
Notice Title
ID 5321594 - DfE - NWRC - Supply and Delivery of Specialist Grocery Items for N.I. FE/HE Colleges
Notice Description
The supply and delivery of Specialist Grocery Items is required for five of the regional colleges in Northern Ireland. The products are required for use in the delivery of courses to their students and in their commercial kitchens. The Contract is subdivided into five geographical Lots based on the individual College catchment areas as detailed below. Lot 1 Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC); Lot 2 Northern Regional College (NRC); Lot 3 North West Regional College (NWRC); Lot 4 Southern Regional College (SRC); and Lot 5 South West College (SWC).
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Belfast Metropolitan College BMC
The supply and delivery of Specialist Grocery Items is required for five of the regional colleges in Northern Ireland. The products are required for use in the delivery of courses to their students and in their commercial kitchens. The Contract is subdivided into five geographical Lots based on the individual College catchment areas as detailed below. Lot 1 Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC); Lot 2 Northern Regional College (NRC); Lot 3 North West Regional College (NWRC); Lot 4 Southern Regional College (SRC); and Lot 5 South West College (SWC). Additional information: The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.
Options: 2 optional extensions 1 yr + 1 yr
Renewal: The Contract period shall commence on award (expected to be 1 May 2025) and will run for 24 months, with two options to extend for any period of up to and including 12 months each.
Lot 2 - Northern Regional College NRCThe supply and delivery of Specialist Grocery Items is required for five of the regional colleges in Northern Ireland. The products are required for use in the delivery of courses to their students and in their commercial kitchens. The Contract is subdivided into five geographical Lots based on the individual College catchment areas as detailed below. Lot 1 Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC); Lot 2 Northern Regional College (NRC); Lot 3 North West Regional College (NWRC); Lot 4 Southern Regional College (SRC); and Lot 5 South West College (SWC). Additional information: The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.
Options: 2 optional extensions 1 yr + 1 yr
Renewal: The Contract period shall commence on award (expected to be 1 May 2025) and will run for 26 months, with two options to extend for any period of up to and including 12 months each.
Lot 3 - North West Regional College NWRCThe supply and delivery of Specialist Grocery Items is required for five of the regional colleges in Northern Ireland. The products are required for use in the delivery of courses to their students and in their commercial kitchens. The Contract is subdivided into five geographical Lots based on the individual College catchment areas as detailed below. Lot 1 Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC); Lot 2 Northern Regional College (NRC); Lot 3 North West Regional College (NWRC); Lot 4 Southern Regional College (SRC); and Lot 5 South West College (SWC). Additional information: The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.
Options: 2 optional extensions 1 yr + 1 yr
Renewal: The Contract period shall commence on award (expected to be 1 May 2025) and will run for 26 months, with two options to extend for any period of up to and including 12 months each.
Lot 4 - Southern Regional College SRCThe supply and delivery of Specialist Grocery Items is required for five of the regional colleges in Northern Ireland. The products are required for use in the delivery of courses to their students and in their commercial kitchens. The Contract is subdivided into five geographical Lots based on the individual College catchment areas as detailed below. Lot 1 Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC); Lot 2 Northern Regional College (NRC); Lot 3 North West Regional College (NWRC); Lot 4 Southern Regional College (SRC); and Lot 5 South West College (SWC). Additional information: The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.
Options: 2 optional extensions 1 yr + 1 yr
Renewal: The Contract period shall commence on award (expected to be 1 May 2025) and will run for 26 months, with two options to extend for any period of up to and including 12 months each.
Lot 5 - South West College SWCThe supply and delivery of Specialist Grocery Items is required for five of the regional colleges in Northern Ireland. The products are required for use in the delivery of courses to their students and in their commercial kitchens. The Contract is subdivided into five geographical Lots based on the individual College catchment areas as detailed below. Lot 1 Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC); Lot 2 Northern Regional College (NRC); Lot 3 North West Regional College (NWRC); Lot 4 Southern Regional College (SRC); and Lot 5 South West College (SWC). Additional information: The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.
Options: 2 optional extensions 1 yr + 1 yr
Renewal: The Contract period shall commence on award (expected to be 1 May 2025) and will run for 26 months, with two options to extend for any period of up to and including 12 months each.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dccb
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034749-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
15100000 - Animal products, meat and meat products
15110000 - Meat
15111100 - Beef
15111200 - Veal
15112000 - Poultry
15113000 - Pork
15115000 - Lamb and mutton
15119300 - Game
15130000 - Meat products
15131000 - Meat preserves and preparations
15200000 - Prepared and preserved fish
15300000 - Fruit, vegetables and related products
15400000 - Animal or vegetable oils and fats
15500000 - Dairy products
15800000 - Miscellaneous food products
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jun 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Jun 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active, Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Belfast Metropolitan College
- Additional Buyers
FE Belfast Metropolitan College
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ANTRIM
- Postcode
- Not specified
- Postcode Area
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
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- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.