Przetarg 5078890 - HCC Nov 16 — The Supply and Delivery of School Milk....

der documentation.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 4 500 000 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 189 ml cartons. The current Contract expires on the 31.8.2017 and the Council will be looking for a new Contract to start on the 1.9.2017. The annual spend is currently approximately 920 000 GBP 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 1 800 000 full fat cartons for the nursery pupils and 2 700 000 semi skimmed cartons for the infants and junior pupils. The Council will also require milk to be delivered to academy schools in the future.Please submit your completed bid in the In-Tend System by 12 noon on Monday 22.5.2016.Please Note The TUPE Staffing Information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information must be treated as protected data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and must be kept confidential. By clicking on the View Details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, Tenderers agree:a) To undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party.b) That under no circumstances will any of the information be disclosed by your organisation or your personnel to any third party without the Council's prior consent in writing.c) That the information supplied will be stored securely and destroyed or returned to the Council, after your Organisation's bid has been submitted or you decide not to proceed with a tender submission.d) That you will indemnify the Council for any losses, arising from your breach or breach by any of your personnel of these confidentiality requirements specified above and data protection requirements in relation to TUPE Staffing Information.e) The requirements above apply whether the supplier uploads a tender response to this procurement or not.Tenderers should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Tenderers should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their Tender, where appropriate.