HCC Nov 16 - The Supply and Delivery of School Milk

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Hertfordshire County Council are going out for Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (PPME) for the Supply and Delivery of School Milk. Full details are in the documentation provided in the Synopsis. Any questions relating to this PPME should be made via the Correspondence area on the website and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details below. Please submit your completed Supplier Questionnaire through the Correspondence area within the In-Tend System by 12 noon on MOnday 5th December 2016. The Council support the government’s directive for all schools to provide access to school milk for pupils. The pupils at schools in Hertfordshire currently consume 4.5m one third of a pint size cartons of milk per annum across the nursery and primary schools. As part of the school food plan all maintained primary, infant and junior schools are legally required to make milk available for drinking by the pupils during school hours. School milk, on the present Contract, is currently supplied to 90% of schools across Hertfordshire in 189ml cartons. The current Contract expires on the 31st August 2017 and the Council will be looking for a new Contract to start on the 1st September 2017. The annual spend is currently approximately £900k pa. This spend includes a small value for staff room and kitchen milk which is also supplied on the current Contract. The Council requires fresh milk delivered to schools within good time so that the milk can be distributed to pupils for morning break on each school day. Break time in schools is at 10.30am. During 2016/2017 the Council have ordered 1.8m full fat cartons for the nursery pupils and 2.7m semi skimmed cartons for the infants and junior pupils. The Council will also require milk to be delivered to academy schools in the future.