Fresh Milk & Cream Products

Concepts

• milk and cream
• fresh milk & cream products
• edinburgh
• fresh milk
• range of fresh milk
• cream products
• fresh cream products
• health boards
• national health service
• scotland

Location

Any or all locations of all NHS Scotland Health Boards, all NHS Scotland Special Health Boards,and/or the Authority

Description

To supply a range of fresh milk and fresh cream products

Total Quantity or Scope

A range of fresh milk and cream to be used by Health Boards across Scotland, multi supplier framework, The Framework Agreement may be used by all mainland and island NHS Scotland Health Boards and Special Boards (including the Common Services Agency) and by all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS organisations established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978) and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices. Additional information: The total estimated value referred to in this notice is for the duration of the extension period (12 months)

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 15510000 - Milk and cream

Legal Justification

This VEAT notice is to advise the need for modification to meet the additional demands of the Scottish Health and Social Care sector during the Covid-19 pandemic (and recovery of services) to maintain necessary supply and remove unnecessary disruption from the Authority at this time in line with Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. the priorities for NSS, NHS Scotland and likely those suppliers who would wish to be part of a tender process, have changed, As a result it is a necessary step to delay start of new tender process until April 2023 necessitating a 12 month extension to current framework revising expiry to September 2023 Health Board operations have been severely affected by Covid impacts The reopening process and uncertain timescales have affected the ability to tender along with Health Board resource to be able to support. Tender process is planned to commence by April 2023

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=696233. (SC Ref:696233)