Published date: 15 April 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 30 April 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Rubber and plastic materials - 19500000

  • Rubber products - 19510000

  • Games and toys; fairground amusements - 37500000

    • Toys - 37520000

    • Inflatable and riding toys - 37529000

    • Inflatable toys - 37529100

Location of contract

B4 7DJ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

BWCP201902/1

Published date

15 April 2019

Closing date

30 April 2019

Contract start date

13 May 2019

Contract end date

12 May 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Birmingham City Council requires a supplier for the provision of pocket money toys for resale in Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park gift shop.

The supplier will offer a large range of animal themed 'pocket money' toys across a variety of price ranges.

All toys should be made from high quality materials and be subject to rigorous quality control testing.

Products should also be tested to ensure that they meet all relevant safety standards and that none contain unsafe levels of harmful substances (e.g. boron levels in slime). The safety of products should be indicated by the CE mark being present on labels or packaging.

Available items should ideally consist of the following:

• A minimum of five different varieties of 'slime' products in varying colours. At least two varieties should in some way be animal related (e.g. slime containing rubber animals).
• A variety of foam animal masks, including both farm and exotic / zoo animals.
• A variety of plastic and stretchy rubber animals in various sizes and styles, including, but not limited to snakes, lizards and insects.
• A variety of sand filled animals, including, but not limited to snakes, lizards and turtles.
• A variety of glow in the dark toys including ceiling decorations.
• A variety of tactile animal toys (e.g. squeezy, noise making, pull cord etc.)
• A variety of animal themed traditional wooden toys.
• A variety of educational toys including entomology kits etc.
• A variety of nature themed stationary items.

This contract will be for a period of 1 year commencing 13 05 2019 until 12 05 2020 with option to extend for a further 12 months depending on previous performance including the ability of the provider to deliver all orders on time.

Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000.

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access the Council's tender Portal:-. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the quotation documentation.

Your completed quotation documentation should be returned by noon on 30th April 2019 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Manjit Samrai

Address

1 Lancaster Circus
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7DJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 0349

Email

manjit.samrai@birmingham.gov.uk