Management-related services

Tender description

1.1.1. The Department of Health (the Authority) requires 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 seek 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 look to improve value for money through innovation. The aim of the Provision of the Nursery Milk Reimbursement Unit (NMRU) is to put in place a Supplier 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 reimbursement for this milk under the Welfare Food Regulations 1996.