Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College wishes to develop a supplier framework for the supply and distribution of hot pasta bar & sauce concept. The specification has been developed with full consideration of both Local authority and Educational Establishments.The agreement is available for use by Educational Establishments and Local Authorities as detailed on the following websites: http://www.edubase.gov.uk/search.xhtml?clear=true and http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/ and http://www.education.gov.uk/academies/a0069811//map-of-open-academies-and-schools-submitting-applications http://www.edubase.gov.uk/home.xhtml;jsessionid=E02906A8AD58BB4446D6818A... http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.hefce.ac.uk/unicoll/

The framework agreement is primarily for the use of Educational Establishments and Local Authorities; however suppliers should be aware that this framework agreement will be accessible by UK Public Sector Bodies – including but not limited to Local Authorities, Central Government Departments, NHS Bodies and Police & other Emergency Services (as defined in Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC and implemented by Regulation 3 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2006) or its agent(s). These include but are not limited to central government departments & 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 (as defined in Regulation 3(2) to (5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 ('the Regulations'), Police Authorities (as defined by Regulation 3 (1)(j) to (p) of the regulations), Emergency Services, Educational Establishments (including Schools, Universities, Academies, Colleges) and Registered Social Landlords who have a need to purchase these services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/resources/ndpbs.aspx http://www.police-information.co.uk/police-directory/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.490 http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk

The framework will be managed on behalf of all agreement users by Foodservice Options Limited.