Humber NHS Foundation Trust is seeking bids from providers of foodstuff to supply our catering function with groceries, chilled and frozen products, ambient products and general catering supplies.
We are looking for a provider or providers who will be able to deliver on a daily or every other day basis at all of our inpatient and kitchen areas throughout Hull and the East riding of Yorkshire. Due to the function of our service and the locations we work from we do not run a centralised catering function or a centralised store function, all catering is provided on site from small local stores. We require a solution which can help the Trust ensure that all patients are receiving a balanced and nutritional meal and where possible we require goods to be sourced locally and fairly with sustainability and ethical practices employed by the provider(s) and its supply chain.
The provider of the goods must provide and develop a contract that is efficient, cost effective and responsive to the needs of the people who use it. In addition, the provider must provide resilient and reliable solutions that provide value for money for the Trust.
How to express interest in this tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — browse to the eSourcing portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc and click the link to register — enter your correct business and user details — note: your username will be the email address you have entered — you will also then shortly receive an email confirmation.
2. Once registered access the site and from the home page hover over ‘Tenders’ on the tool bar and select ‘current tenders’ from the drop down options.
3. Express interest in the tender you are interested in — select ‘Express Interest’ within the Tender Details (located at the bottom of the synopsis). On doing so, you will instantly have access to the tender management area for that tender. Any available documentation will be available via the various relevant tabs. You can access this area at any point by logging in, navigating to ‘My Tenders’ and selecting ‘View Details’.
4. Responding to the tender — there will be a tab allocated to any tender stage (e.g. PQQ and/or ITT). Under the ‘My Tender Return’ area, you will be required to complete any mandatory questionnaires and upload any requested documentation. You can now use the ‘Correspondence’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification (any clarifications will be found within the 'Clarifications’ tab) — note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete and submit your response. There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available).
You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the bottom of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the In-tend Support Desk. Alerts will be sent to your request email addresses when any correspondence, alterations or clarifications are issued.
The standards and criteria are available in the PQQ/ITT documents available as indicated above.