The 5 colleges, Ayrshire College, Forth Valley College, New College Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire College and West Lothian College are tendering for a single provider to supply and deliver a core range of catering and hospitality student clothing, safety footwear, kits and other accessories.
Tenderers should note that South Lanarkshire College will not participate in the first year of the contract but will join in 2025.
The 4 colleges, Ayrshire College, Forth Valley College, New College Lanarkshire and West Lothian College are tendering for a framework of up to 4 suppliers for the supply and delivery of a core range of catering and hospitality student clothing, safety footwear, kits and other accessories. Tenderers will also be asked to provide added value services such as student packs, sizing and measuring services as well as indicate the discount for non-core items.
The College is seeking contractor/contractors to supply a range of ambient, fresh, chilled and frozen foodstuffs to the Catering and Hospitality departments of Ayrshire College at its Ayr, Kilmarnock, Kilwinning campuses.
There will be 4 lots: Lot 1 Meat, Meat Products and Poultry; Lot 2 Fresh Fruit & Vegetables; Lot 3 Bakery Goods and Lot 4 Dairy Products.
Tenderers can bid for one or more lots.
There will be up to 3 contractors per lot. The contractors will be ranked with orders placed with the top-ranked contractor unless they are unable to deliver the goods within the required timescales. The order will then go to the second ranked supplier to fulfil and so forth.
Ayrshire College Business Development Team deliver is looking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) split into a number of Categories (lots) for the delivery of commercial training courses to external clients.
Trainers are expected to have relevant qualifications to deliver the courses they bid for.
There is no intention to limit the number of service providers on the DPS. All service providers that meet the selection criteria and are not excluded will be admitted to the DPS. The DPS will remain open to new applicants during it’s period of validity.