Published date: 7 October 2015

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: 9 November 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Data services - 72300000

  • Management-related services - 79420000

    • Office-support services - 79500000

    • Miscellaneous services - 98300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£750,000 to £1,250,000

Procurement reference

ITT60010

Published date

7 October 2015

Closing date

9 November 2015

Contract start date

1 March 2016

Contract end date

28 February 2019

Contract type

Service 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?

Yes

Description

The Department of Health (the Authority) seeks tenders for the provision of a registration, validation
and reimbursement service to child care settings who provide milk to children in their care and wish to claim
payment for this milk under the Welfare Food Regulations 1996. This is a renewal contract replacing an existing
service. The Authority is seeking to improve both the cost-effectiveness of the service and the security of the
reimbursement system, and to ensure compliance by childcare settings and milk agents with the rules of the
scheme. The Authority is also looking to improve value for money through innovation.

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The contracting authority/Department of Health considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). For the avoidance of doubt, the contracting authority points out that no weight will be attached to whether or not the economic operator is an SME in selecting economic operators to submit tenders, participate in dialogue or negotiate or in assessing the most economically advantageous tender.
The contracting authority/Department of health reserves the right to discontinue the tendering process at any time and not award the contract. The Department of Health reserves the right for yearly reviews based on funding and performance. This contract will be subject to a break clause.
All participants must complete an Invitation to Tender (ITT) which covers Economic and Financial capacity and Technical capacity.
The Department understands that "The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) 2006 (SI 2006/246) may apply to this procurement, however, the tenderers must satisfy themselves of this (see ITT for details).
Potential suppliers should note that, in accordance with the Government's policies on transparency, DH intends to publish the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, and the text of any Contract awarded, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of DH. Further information on transparency can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/improving-the-transparency-and-accountability-of-governmentanditsservices
This procurement exercise will be conducted via the DH's e-Tendering portal. We call this system BMS (Business Management System).
Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their details and download and complete an ITT and submit their response via BMS. The following link will take you to the guidance documentation for using the BMS i.e. to register and download instructions on how to respond.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-ealth/about/procurement
If you require assistance, please contact the Supplier Helpdesk on 0113 254 5777 or supplier.helpdesk@dh.gsi.gov.uk. This helpdesk is available 10:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays.
Registration is a simple one-step process; The supplier must register as a company/organisation; then each employee who may undertake a tendering exercise must then register as an individual. Once this stage is completed, it is then possible to register an expression of interest for this tender.Note: Standard BMS functionality will only acknowledge one recipient per supplier for each individual tender. If you require the tender to be seen by multiple users we suggest using a centralised e-mail address[dhtenders@example.com].

About the buyer

Contact name

Harish Mistry

Address

DH Procurement Service, Commercial Directorate,
Skipton House, 80 London Road
London
SE1 6LH
England

Telephone

020 972 2000

Email

supplier.helpdesk@dh.gsi.gov.uk

Website

www.dh.gov.uk