Fruit, vegetables and related products

Tender description

ESPO will be undertaking a procurement process to identify and appoint suppliers for the supply and distribution of a range of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes and Salads within the geographical region of Devon. Devon Norse Ltd provides meals to education, social care departments and for work and civic based catering within Devon. Whilst the principle users of the framework at its commencement will be educational establishments, social care departments and B and I units, additional establishments that Devon Norse Ltd either operate or provide a managed service to may opt to use the framework throughout the term. In addition to more general fresh produce, appointed suppliers will be asked to provide a range of: pre-prepared fruit and vegetables, locally sourced produce, Farm Assured / Red Tractor produce and/or Organic produce. This framework is specific to those establishments Devon Norse Ltd either operate or provide a managed service to. In order to express an interest in tendering for this future opportunity at the relevant time and/or requesting any further information, please see details below and please ensure you refer to instructions and guidance available: (a) Go to: www.eastmidstenders.org (b) (If you are not already registered) Register your company by selecting the ‘Register' box on the top of the home page, (c) Once registered visit the home page select ‘View Opportunities’ then ‘Search Latest Opportunities', from the ‘Organisation' drop-down box select ‘ESPO', click search (options) and select the appropriate opportunity ‘75DN_17 — Provision of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes and Salads to Devon Norse’, (d) Express an interest by selecting the ‘Register Interest’ box at the bottom of the screen. You should receive a notification email confirming your expression of interest, (e) Once fully registered, you should download the tender when it becomes available and you are notified via email. Interested parties should also note that final submissions must be made only via ProContract, no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will result in the tender submission being disregarded. All documents pertaining to this opportunity will be available for download via the ProContract portal at the relevant time. Please ensure you are able to download all files after accessing the ProContract portal. If you have any query regarding the content or require further information, please use the messaging tool provided within the website. If you experience any problems with registration or expression of interest, please refer any queries on Portal operation to: support@due-north.com or telephone, +44 1670597136. Note: You will receive email notifications regarding your expression of interest or other important actions on the system. Email alerts may be blocked by your company’s Spam filter. Please contact your ICT department to ensure that emails from the domain “@due-north.com” are excluded from the Spam filter “blocked addresses”.