Published date: 12 June 2023

Last edited date: 12 June 2023

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: 12 July 2023, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administration services - 75100000

  • General public services - 75110000

  • Administrative services for business operations - 75112000

Location of contract

IP1 2BX

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

IT-368-16491-22052023-470

Published date

12 June 2023

Closing date

12 July 2023

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

31 July 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

BMSDC is seeking to appoint a Single Service Delivery Provider or Group with a 'Lead Operator' to deliver a Food Security Development Officer role aimed at supporting community food projects, with a particular focus on community pantries, community fridges and food pop-ups, and building relationships with food suppliers, producers and retailers in order to open up food pathways in the districts and maximise the supply of food across all community food projects to ensure.
a) co-ordination and co-operation between all parties - food banks/pantries/fridges/other food projects and food producers and suppliers (including supermarkets)
b) improved communication between community-led food projects and food producers/suppliers
c) fair distribution to all community food distribution points across the districts
d) vulnerable individuals and families have access to sufficient food items in accessible locations and that there is a reasonable geographical spread of community food projects.
The aim is to stimulate new food projects, including Community Pantries developed using either the Your Local Pantry or Fare Share models, food pop-ups and community fridges, as well as connecting food growers and producers with the emerging network of food projects across the districts through a new Babergh & Mid Suffolk Food Network to increase the flow of food and stabilise food pathways as much as possible.
The Food Security Development Officer role is being funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and will be seeking to achieve economies of scale by collaborating with all lead authorities within Suffolk on food related projects, including the Suffolk County Council Food Bank lead and Suffolk Libraries who are exploring opportunities to develop community supermarkets in Suffolk and any new Food Network projects that arise. The By collaborating with other food related projects, the Food Security Development Officer will ensure that they are able to adapt their role appropriately as food networks continue to develop.
The Officer will also support the development of Community Fridges and pop-up food projects across the districts.

More information

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Additional text

Babergh District Council & Mid Suffolk District Council are currently out to tender for the provision of delivery of a Leadership Management & Development Programme

This opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.

The deadline date for submissions of the tender is 0900hrs 12 July 2023. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted

The deadline for clarification questions is 1600hrs 22 June 2023 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Simon Jackson-Brown

Address

8 Russell Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 2BX
United Kingdom

Telephone

+441449 724592

Email

Simon.Jackson-Brown@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk

Website

http://www.babergh.gov.uk/business/supplying-the-council/