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Commercial Catering Services
Tender ID: 482010
Tender Details
Organisation:
Tender #:
2021-18
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
14 January 2022
Closing Date:
11 February 2022
Tender Description
Federation University is going out to an open market to obtain a panel of contracted suppliers to ensure consistent spend and sourcing across the food & catering departments to gain a high level of consistency, price and service for the University. There is a potential for further growth of sourcing these services from other locations for the University over the term of the contract.
Tenderers will be asked to select the relevant Campuses that are able to be serviced.
Scope will differ dependant on spend category. A comprehensive list of items to be contracted has been prepared for each supplier category and will be made available to suppliers in their contract submissions. Scope will differ dependant on spend category.
This project will allow all food departments across the Federation University organisation access to a consistent supply, price, food safety standard and delivery times and add a high level of merit with food departments working on consistent processes and collectively in a standardised food approach.
This tender has a two stage process: Stage 1 Pre-Qualification and Stage 2 Full Tender Questions.
STAGE 1 - closes Sunday 30th January 2022, 5pm AEST. PRE-QUALIFICATION - Pre-Qualification is a quick response of select (Yes/No) questions that are deemed a must have criteria for the provision of service required. These responses are evaluated after the pre-qualification close off date and an email is then sent to the supplier advising either qualified or not qualified. All response to the Pre-Qualification quick response questions must be made before the Pre-Qualification close off date. Please allow 1 hour to complete this stage.
STAGE 2 - closes Friday 11th February 2022, 2pm AEST. FULL TENDER ACCESS RESPONSE TO FURTHER QUESTIONS IS REQUIRED - If the supplier is deemed qualified access is provided straight away to the full tender via the portal and the supplier needs to access the portal again and go to the RESPONSE TAB and complete the set questions, save the submissions. All submission's must be made prior to the close off of the tender. Please allow at least 1 hour before cut off to load completed documentation against the questions in the response tab.
GROW Gippsland and Ballarat Compact Members
Federation University is a signatory of the GROW Gippsland and Ballarat Compact and is committed to revitalising and building a stronger local economy in the region by seeking opportunities to create social and economic outcomes inclusive of our Campuses. GROW Gippsland and Ballarat (Growing Regional Opportunities for Work) is a collaborative program with business, government, community organisations and individuals that seeks to strengthen regional social and economic outcomes and increase job opportunities through procurement and employment.
Federation University is seeking to appoint a supplier that will assist it to create social and local economic outcomes in the region and also work with us to publicly promote these outcomes.
For more information, guidance and useful resources that may assist you to prepare your response, please refer to:
Gippsland:www.growgippsland.com.au
Ballarat: https:www.//highlandsllen.org/employment/grow-ballarat-members-and-partners/
Scope of Works
Scope will differ dependant on spend category.
A comprehensive list of items to be contracted has been prepared for each supplier category and will be made available to suppliers in their contract submissions.
Spend categories are as follows:
- Groceries sourcing and delivery.
- Meat & Poultry sourcing and delivery.
- Fruit & Vegetable sourcing and delivery
The spreadsheets can be located at the relevant question in the online form, please be aware that access to the online form will automatically be accessible once Stage 1 Pre-Qualification submission has been evaluated and qualified which is then Stage 2 of the tender process ONLY.
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