QU322 - Provision for support, advice and management of international and national public health food projects - AWARD

Birmingham City Council is seeking a supplier for the provision of support, advice and management of international and national public health food projects.

We want Birmingham to be a city where every citizen can eat an affordable, safe, healthy diet, enjoys their food with occasional treats, and knows that the food they eat is ethical and environmentally sustainable.

We want Birmingham to be a city where the food economy is vibrant and reflects the diversity of our communities and is financially successful and sustainable contributing to a circular economy for food which reduces waste, minimises environmental harm and maximises the local assets of the city and west midlands region.

Birmingham Public Health requires the services of an organisation with proven knowledge and experience in the area of food policy, to provide specialist support and advice across the evolving work programme.

The successful organisation will also manage and support Birmingham City Council's existing international and national level food projects and partnerships such as:

• oMilan Urban Food Policy Pact - an international partnership for action on creating healthy food environments in cities and towns. The partnership enables connection with a network of 206 cities across the world to share learning on approaches to food in urban environments.
• oBINDI Nutrition Smart Cities partnership with Pune, India - a learning partnership for developing policies and practises with a view to becoming Nutrition Smart Cities
• oDelice - an international network focussing on the economic development and cultural approach to food including:
• ohow cities can preserve and showcase their food heritage
• ohow cities can attract qualitative food entrepreneurs that will offer a qualitative food scene to citizens and visitors
• ohow cities can bring sustainability to their food sector and push local food consumption
• oChildhood Obesity Trailblazer - a council-led project in England to tackle childhood obesity at a local level, with a focus on inequalities. It aims to:
• otest the limits of existing powers through innovative and determined action to tackle childhood obesity
• oshare learning and best practice to encourage wider local action
• odevelop solutions to local obstacles and consider further actions government can take to enable ambitious local action and achieve change at scale

This contract will be for a period of 2 years commencing 1 June 2020 until 31 May 2022 with an option to extend for a further 12 months subject to satisfactory performance.

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your deta...