Norway - Dairy products

Description

The objective and scope of the contract:The invitation to tenders includes a framework agreement for the delivery of food articles; liquid and solid dairy products and vegetables.The tender contest primarily concerns the delivery to commercial kitchens in the municipalities. Schools, nurseries and other entities are not included in the contest, but larger units with good ordering routines and volumes have an option to join the framework agreement.See point 1.1.1 for a description of the participants in the contract.The contract value is estimated to be above the EEA threshold value. The need is uncertain. Previously, the contracting authority procured products for NOK 14,000,000 excluding VAT a year for the last year. The value does not guarantee call-offs and can be both higher or lower, and among other things, depends on the contracting authority's needs, activities, budget situation and other framework factors.Maximum value including options and expected price increases: NOK 62,000,000 excluding VAT.See the procurement documents for further information.
Lots/groupsTenders cannot be submitted for parts of the assignment, and alternative tenders are not allowed. The contracting authority has considered dividing the assignment into lots in accordance with the PPR §19-4, and several tender contests are therefore being held for the food products area. Tender contests are therefor being held for the following areas:- Groceries- Dairy products, liquid and solid- Meat products (fresh and frozen)- Birds, poultry and eggs- Fruit and vegetables- Fish products (fresh and frozen)- Packaging and consumables related to production of foodFramework agreementThe assignment will be regulated by the attached framework agreement with the accompanying standard agreement terms.The framework agreement will be valid from and including 2022-09-02 until and including 2024-09-01 with an option for up to 2 years extension for 12 months at a time for the contracting authority.The contracting authority will sign a contract with 1 tenderer.The contracting authority expects that the tenderer studies the contractual terms and makes the required internal clarifications in such a way that a contract can be signed if awarded.

Opportunity closing date

17 August 2022

Value of contract

to be confirmed