18-047 Food & Beverages

The Catering provision at Rotherham \metropolitan Borough Council has several areas, the largest of which is the provision of 19,000 school meals each day to mainly Rotherham based school although there will be the requirement to delivery to several Doncaster schools and one Sheffield school. .

There are also several residential care units and commercial café outlets which this contract will service.

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council aims to ensure any food provision is in-line with a healthy eating agenda to keep the community fit and healthy, as well as satisfying a variety of medical and religious dietary requirements. .

The intention of this invitation to tender is to award Contract(s) for the supply and provision of a range of food products to any Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council sites which require such Goods.

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Food and Beverages. 6 lots as follows

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Lot 1 Frozen Food

Lot 2 Provision of Fresh Meat & Poultry and associated lightly processed Fresh Meat & Poultry Products.

Lot 3 Provision of Frozen Meat, Poultry, Chilled Cooked Meats and lightly processed Frozen Meat & Poultry

Lot 4 Provision of Bread/Morning Goods, Milk, Cream, Yoghurt's and equivalent milk/cream products

Lot 5 Provision of Fruit and Vegetables (Fresh and Prepared and Associated By-products e.g. Oils)

Lot 6 Soft Drinks, Crisps and savoury snacks and Confectionery.

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The resultant Contract(s) will run for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for either 2 x 12 month or 1 x 24 months as agreed.

Additional information: The contract awarded will be for 36 months with the option to extend for either 1 x 24 months or 2 x 12 months and will be due for renewal again at the end of year 3 or at the end of year 5 depending on whether the option(s)to extend are taken. The Contract(s) are due to commence on the 1'st December 2018 24th August 2018