Supply and Distribution of Fruit and Vegetables & Misc. Chilled Foods.

Descriptions

The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the Fruit and Vegetable and Misc.Chilled Food needs of organisations across the entire public sector across regional Lots; covering a broad range of Fruit & Vegetables & Misc.Chilled Foods as detailed below and within the Invitation to Tender documentation. The framework is let on behalf of the Our Lady's Roman Catholic High School but will also be open for use by all other public sector contracting authorities (and any future successors to these organisations),(as defined in Part 1, General, 2 (1) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015) or their agents. These include but are not limited to central government departments and their agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), NHS bodies (including; acute trusts, ambulance trusts, primary care trusts, care trusts, NHS hospital trusts, strategic health authorities, mental health trusts, special health authorities), Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments (including Schools, Universities, Academies, Academies Trusts, Free Schools, Colleges of Further Education), Hospices, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords who have a need to purchase these services.Please see the following websites for further details.Central Government Departments, Local Government and Public Corporations that can be accessed at the Public Sector Classification Guide:http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/na-classification/national-accounts-sector-classification/index.htmlLocal Authoritieshttp://openlylocal.com/councils/allwww.ubico.co.ukNDPBshttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisationsNational Parks Authoritieshttp://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/Educational Establishments in England and Wales, maintained by the Department for Children, Schools and Families including Schools, Universities and Colleges but not Independent Schools:http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtmlhttp://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.phphttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-developmenthttp://www.university-list.net/uk/universities-1000.htmlhttp://www.bufdg.ac.uk/Police Forces in the United Kingdomhttp://www.police.uk/?view=force_siteshttp://apccs.police.uk/about-the-apcc/Fire and Rescue Services in the United Kingdomhttp://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrshttp://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspxNHS Bodies Englandhttp://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspxhttp://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspxhttp://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspxhttp://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspxhttp://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspxhttp://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/OtherListing.aspxHospices in the UKhttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/about-hospice-care/find-a-hospice/uk-hospice-and-palliative-care-services/Registered Social Landlords (Housing Associations)http://www.housingnet.co.uk/Third Sector and Charities in the United Kingdomhttp://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities/http://www.oscr.org.uk/search-charity-register/https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/ShowCharity/RegisterOfCharities/RegisterHomePage.aspxCitizens Advice in the United Kingdomhttp://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice.htmhttp://www.cas.org.ukhttp://www.citizensadvice.co.uk/Scottish Public BodiesThe Framework Agreement will be available for use by any Scottish Public Sector Body: the Authority; Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies; offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices; cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998; the Scotland Office; the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body; councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (except where they are acting in their capacity as educational authority); Scottish joint fire boards or joint fire and rescue boards; Scottish joint police boards or any successor National Police or Fire Authority; Scottish National Park authorities, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Scottish health boards or special health boards, Student Loans Company Limited, Northern Lighthouse Board, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing.Scottish Governmenthttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/HomeScottish Parliamenthttp://www.scottish.parliament.uk/abouttheparliament/27110.aspxScottish Public Services OmbudsmanScottish Information CommissionerCommissioner for Children and Young People in ScotlandScottish Commission for Human RightsCommission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in ScotlandStandards Commission for ScotlandScottish Local Authoritieshttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Government/councilshttp://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/AboutUs/OurMembers/AssociateMembers.aspxScottish Agencies, NDPBshttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/BodiesScottish NHS Bodieshttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Workforce/NHS-BoardsScottish Further and Higher Education Bodieshttp://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/index.php?page=membershttp://www.sfc.ac.uk/aboutus/council_funded_institutions/WhoWeFundColleges.aspxScottish Policehttp://www.scotland.police.uk/your-community/Scottish Housing Associationshttp://www.sfha.co.uk/component/option,com_membersdir/Itemid,149/view,membersdir/The Scotland Officehttp://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/scotlandoffice/33.30.htmlRegistered Social Landlords (Housing Associations) — Scotlandhttp://www.esystems.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/register/reg_pub_dsp.searchScottish SchoolsPrimary Schoolshttp://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/index.asp?schoolsearchstring=&addresssearchstring=&authority=&strTypes=isprimaryschool&bSubmit=1&Submit=SearchSecondary Schoolshttp://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/index.asp?schoolsearchstring=&addresssearchstring=&authority=&strTypes=issecondaryschool&bSubmit=1&Submit=SearchSpecial Schoolshttp://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/index.asp?schoolsearchstring=&addresssearchstring=&authority=&strTypes=isspecial&bSubmit=1&Submit=SearchScottish Public BodiesNational Records of ScotlandHistoric ScotlandDisclosure ScotlandRegisters of ScotlandScottish Qualification AuthorityScottish Courts ServiceScottish Prison ServiceTransport ScotlandThe Scottish Government Core DirectoratesHighlands and Islands EnterpriseCrown Office & Procurator Fiscal ServiceScottish Police AuthorityNational Museums of ScotlandScottish Children's Reporter AdministrationScottish EnterpriseScottish Environment Protection AgencyScottish Legal Aid BoardScottish Natural HeritageSkills Development ScotlandVisit ScotlandAberdeen City CouncilAberdeenshire CouncilAngus CouncilArgyll and Bute CouncilCity of Edinburgh CouncilClackmannanshire CouncilComhairle nan Eilean SiarDumfries and Galloway CouncilDundee City CouncilEast Ayrshire CouncilEast Dunbartonshire CouncilEast Lothian CouncilEast Renfrewshire CouncilFalkirk CouncilFife CouncilGlasgow City CouncilHighland CouncilInverclyde CouncilMidlothian CouncilMoray Council, TheNorth Ayrshire CouncilNorth Lanarkshire CouncilOrkney Islands CouncilPerth and Kinross CouncilRenfrewshire CouncilScottish Borders CouncilShetland Islands CouncilSouth Ayrshire CouncilSouth Lanarkshire CouncilStirling CouncilWest Dunbartonshire CouncilWest Lothian CouncilCentral Scotland Fire and Rescue ServiceDumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue ServiceFife Fire and Rescue ServiceGrampian Fire and Rescue ServiceHighlands and Islands Fire and Rescue ServiceLothian and Borders Fire and Rescue ServiceStrathclyde Fire and Rescue ServiceTayside Fire and Rescue ServiceGolden Jubilee Hospital (National Waiting Times Centre Board)NHS 24NHS Ayrshire and ArranNHS BordersNHS Dumfries and GallowayNHS Education for ScotlandNHS FifeNHS Forth ValleyNHS GrampianNHS Greater Glasgow and ClydeNHS Health ScotlandNHS HighlandNHS LanarkshireNHS LothianNHS OrkneyHealthcare Improvement ScotlandNHS ShetlandNHS TaysideNHS Western IslesScottish Ambulance ServiceThe Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health ServiceThe State Hospital for ScotlandAberdeen CollegeAdam Smith CollegeAngus CollegeAnniesland CollegeAyr CollegeBanff and Buchan CollegeBarony CollegeBorders CollegeCardonald CollegeCarnegie CollegeCentral College of CommerceClydebank CollegeCoatbridge CollegeCumbernauld CollegeDumfries and Galloway CollegeDundee CollegeEdinburghs Telford CollegeElmwood CollegeForth Valley CollegeGlasgow College of Nautical StudiesGlasgow Metropolitan CollegeInverness CollegeJames Watt CollegeJewel and Esk CollegeJohn Wheatley CollegeKilmarnock CollegeLangside CollegeLews Castle CollegeMoray CollegeMotherwell CollegeNewbattle Abbey CollegeNorth Glasgow CollegeNorth Highland CollegeOatridge CollegeOrkney CollegePerth CollegeReid Kerr CollegeSabhal Mor OstaigShetland CollegeSouth Lanarkshire CollegeStevenson CollegeStow CollegeWest Lothian CollegeEdinburgh College of ArtEdinburgh Napier UniversityGlasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgow School of ArtHeriot-Watt UniversityQueen Margaret UniversityRobert Gordon UniversityRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and DramaScottish Agricultural CollegeUHI Millennium InstituteUniversity of AberdeenUniversity of Abertay DundeeUniversity of DundeeUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of GlasgowUniversity of St AndrewsUniversity of StirlingUniversity of StrathclydeUniversity of the West of ScotlandCairngorms National Park AuthorityOffice of Scottish Charity RegulatorForestry Commission ScotlandAudit ScotlandWelsh Public BodiesNational Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government and Welsh LocalAuthorities, and all bodies covered by:http://www.assemblywales.org/abthome/abt-links.htmhttp://new.wales.gov.uk/about/civilservice/directorates/?lang=enNHS Waleshttp://www.wales.nhs.uk/ourservices/directoryHousing Associations — Registered Social Landlords WalesNI Public BodiesNorthern Ireland Government Departmentshttp://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htmNorthern Ireland Public Sector Bodies and Local Authoritieshttp://www.northernireland.gov.uk/az2.htmSchools in Northern Irelandhttp://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/search.lsim?sr=0&nh=10&cs=iso-8859-1&sc=nidirect-cms&sm=0&mt=1&ha=nidirect-cms&cat=Banner&qt=SCHOOLSUniversities in Northern Irelandhttp://www.deni.gov.uk/links.htm#collegesHealth and Social care in Northern Irelandhttp://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=hospitalshttp://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=boardshttp://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=agencieshttp://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=councilsNorthern Ireland Housing Associationshttp://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/contacts/contacts-az.htm/housing-associations-contactPolice Service of Northern Irelandhttp://www.psni.police.uk/index.htmAny other corporation established, or a group of individuals appointed to act together, for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character, and(i) financed wholly or mainly by another Contracting Authority(s) listed above in this section VI.3 of this notice;(ii) subject to management supervision by another Contracting Authority(s) listed above in this section VI.3 of this notice; or(iii) more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, are appointed by another Contracting Authority(s) listed above in this section VI.3 of this notice;(iv) an association of or formed by one or more of the Contracting Authority(s) listed above in this section VI.3 of this noticeThe framework will be managed on behalf of all agreement users by Foodservice Options Limited.