ID 5321594 - DfE - NWRC - Supply and Delivery of Specialist Grocery Items for N.I. FE/HE Colleges
Belfast Metropolitan CollegeEstimated Value
Up to £750,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
24 June 2025
Type
goods
Overview
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.
Additional details
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. 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.
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. 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.
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.
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HENDERSON FOODSERVICE LTD
£750,000
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Belfast Metropolitan CollegeKey Dates
Published
24 June 2025
Submission deadline
Not specified
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