Provision of Bread and Bread Products

⁠⁠⁠Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) propose to release an Invitation to Offer for the provision of bread and bread products to correctional centres and participating Youth Justice facilities throughout Queensland.

Overview:

QCS has 11 high security and seven low security facilities housing collectively over 10,000 prisoners across Queensland. The Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs (Youth Justice) has two facilities housing 280 offenders. Bread and bread products form an integral part of the statewide prisoner menu which was developed in consultation with a dietitian to ensure prisoner dietary, medical, religious and cultural requirements are met.

Bread is also provided to staff during their shifts at correctional centres; to staff at the Queensland Corrective Services Academy when they are undergoing training, to staff and prisoners during prisoner escorts, to staff and prisoners at the PA Hospital and to Youth Workers at Youth Justice facilities.

The volume of bread and bread products is expected to grow during the term of the new Arrangement due to the anticipated growth in prisoner numbers and the commissioning of a new prison in Southern Queensland in 2023-24.

Procurement Objectives:

The procurement objectives include:

• Obtaining a local, consistent and sustainable supply of bread and bread products
• Obtaining competitive pricing
• Developing regional Supplier capability by actively allowing regional Suppliers to participate in this opportunity
• Conducting the procurement in an ethical and transparent manner

Scope:

Products to be included under the new Standing Offer Arrangement include:

• Wholemeal bread sliced 700g
• Multigrain bread sliced 700g
• White bread sliced 700g
• Hamburger rolls (6 pack / 12 pack)

Suppliers will nominate the regions to which they propose to supply and will have the capability and capacity to meet QCS’s volume and delivery requirements to all facilities in the nominated regions.