CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Marches Regional Food Hub

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Description of the goods or services required

The ‘Marches Regional Food Network’ is one of four regions in the UK to have been awarded seed corn funding to determine the viability of developing a Marches Regional Food Hub. The role of a Food Hub is to connect local food producers with public bodies initially - such as local authorities, schools and hospitals, making shorter food supply chains to benefit the environment, local economy, food security and public health.

The purpose of the commission is to bring an enhanced understanding of the Marches region and to establish the business case for bringing the Marches Dynamic Food Procurement System to life, if proved viable.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=124772.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The commission will include the production of:

• A study, based on desk-based research and direct engagement with relevant stakeholders, which will provide an enhanced understanding of the Marches ‘Food’ region. The study will build on existing research - evidencing the strong synergy across the region, particularly in terms of agroecological production and food supply chains; will involve secondary research to include interviews with relevant Local Authority procurement and legal Officers in order to determine how a joined-up Dynamic Food Procurement System solution could work at a regional and local level;

• A database of interested parties in the individual counties, collated throughout the commission, which will form part of a collective Marches Regional Food Database;

• An outline business case for bringing the Marches Dynamic Food Procurement System to life which considers the associated challenges and recommendations on how to overcome them e.g. the structure and resourcing of the proposed buying organisation; a risk analysis; and a communications strategy that will seek to reassure existing procurement teams of the benefits of this type of transformational change to the local authorities and local economies, etc.

The maximum budget for this work is £10,000

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:124772)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice