Norway - Vegetables, fruits and nuts

Description

The contest concerns a framework agreement for the delivery of food products; fresh fruit and vegetables.The contest primarily concerns deliveries 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. Historically, the contracting authority procured services for NOK 4,500,000 excluding VAT per annum 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 20,000,000 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 to split up the assignment in accordance with the PPR section 19-4, and there are therefore several contests within nutritional products.Contests are therefore being held within the following areas:- Groceries- Dairy products, liquid and solid- Meat products (fresh and frozen)- Poultry, fowl, and eggs- Fruit and vegetables- Fish products (fresh and frozen)- Packaging and consumables for food productionFramework 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 the contracting authority for a further extension for up to 2 years, with 12 months at a time.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