Published date: 9 March 2016

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: 29 March 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous food products and dried goods - 15890000

  • Food parcels - 15897300

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £500,000

Procurement reference

MT172090

Published date

9 March 2016

Closing date

29 March 2016

Contract start date

27 June 2016

Contract end date

27 March 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The British Red Cross (BRC) helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual crises. We
enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand crises in their owncommunities. When the crisis is over, we help them to recover and move on with their lives.
The on-going crisis in Syria and its repercussions in surrounding countries is one of the larger operations BRC is presently engaged with, with approximately 15m GBP committed since mid-2011. Most of this financing is through multilateral emergency appeals managed on behalf of Arab Red Crescent by IFRC, though some support has been provided directly to national societies as well.
The BRC response currently consists of emergency relief material and financial support; National Society capacity building and organisational support; support to the IFRC in coordinating the overall operational response; humanitarian advocacy messaging; and a preparedness to engage in recovery programming as opportunities allow.
BRC is now planning to procure essential items Interested Tenderer(s) fulfilling the eligibility conditions and having the capacity and capability to supply the goods within the time and on the terms and conditions contained within the Invitation to Tender document, that accompanies this Contract Notice, are requested to provide their best and final offer for the supply of goods detailed in full within the Invitation to Tender.
Tenderers are advised to refer to the Invitation to Tender document which contains the full goods specification, delivery information and applicable INCOTERMS and details the Conditions of Contract that shall oversee this contract.
Please note that the Invitation to Tender can be found as an additional document that accompanies this Contract Notice and is downloadable from the mytenders.org site.
Finally, the British Red Cross is a third sector organisation is as such not bound by the EU Public Procurement Directives.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Nicholas Donnelly

Address

1 Smithhills Street
Paisley
PA1 1EA

England

Telephone

+44 8450547311

Email

ndonnelly@redcross.org.uk

Website

http://www.redcross.org.uk