Single Party Framework Agreement in six (6) Lots for Services to Implement the Food Dudes (Healthy Eating) Programme

Bord Bia Irish Food Board

Bord Bia proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of suitably experienced and qualified service providers for Services to Implement the Food Dudes (Healthy Eating) Programme. Bord Bia wishes to award a single party Framework Agreement for each of the following lots: • Lot 1 Provision and Distribution of Fruit and Vegetables • Lot 2 Project management at Schools • Lot 3 Printed Material • Lot 4 Merchandise – Provision, Storage and delivery of rewards and other specified items • Lot 5 Food Dudes Videography • Lot 6 Food Dudes Website Tenderers should associate themselves with this competition in order to access the full suite of requirements in the document section. All responses should be submitted in a zipped file format.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-09-04. The procurement was published on 2023-08-04.

Who?

• Bord Bia Irish Food Board

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2023-08-04	Contract notice

Contract notice (2023-08-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Processed fruit and vegetables
Short description:
“Bord Bia proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of suitably experienced and qualified service providers for Services to Implement...”
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Processed fruit and vegetables 📦
Additional CPV: Printed matter and related products 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: Bord Bia Irish Food Board
Postal town: Dublin 4
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@bordbia.ie 📧
URL for documents: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-04 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-09-04 📅
Publication date: 2023-08-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 152-485498
OJ-S issue: 152
Additional information

“Responses should be submitted in a zip file format”

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 20 000 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Provision and distribution of fruit and vegetables
Lot number: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 20 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Additional information:
“Responses should be submitted in a zip file format”
Title of the lot: Project management at schools
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Printed material
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Merchandise - provision, storage and delivery of rewards and other specified items
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Food Dudes videography
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Food Dudes website
Lot number: 6

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“See tender documents”
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
“See tender documents”

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2023-09-04 📅
Tender opening time: 12:30

Contracting authority
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Additional information

“Interested parties must associate their organisation with this competition on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the...”

Additional information

Interested parties must associate their organisation with this competition on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to upload tender responses. To do this you must do the following: Log-in to the eTenders portal; Locate the competition using the Advanced Search by searching under the Contracting Authority or Resource ID. Click on the hyperlink for the competition which will bring you to the CfT Workspace. In the Show CfT Menu for the competition click on the “Expression of Interest in the drop-down menu. Complete the Association with the CfT tab. This will then provide you with a link to Tender under the Show CfT Menu where you can prepare your submission.. When finalising your tender submission please upload your final response as a ZIP file as individual documents may lose their titles if uploaded individually. Also ensure that you receive a message under the status header called Submitted, as the percentage tab does not necessarily imply you have successfully submitted your response.. There is a maximum upload limit of 100MB per tender submission.. Suppliers should note the following when making their submission suppliers must ensure that they give themselves sufficient time to upload & submit all required documentation before the submission deadline. Suppliers should consider the fact that upload speeds vary and that the new eTenders system operates in a different manner to the previous platform operated by EU-Supply. The submit button will be disable automatically upon the expiration of the response deadline.. If you experience difficulty when uploading documents, please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email irish-eproc-helpdesk@eurodym.com or Telephone: +353(0)818 001459 (09:00 – 17:00 hours).. Tenders submitted by any other means (including but not limited to email, post, messaging system on etenders or hand delivery) will not be accepted.. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.. All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.. Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.. Where applicable, please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type, or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.. . At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Information about review deadlines:
“In accordance with the standstill period as per SI 130-Public Sector remedies legislation”
Source: OJS 2023/S 152-485498 (2023-08-04)

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