Cashless Catering & Nutritional Analysis System Upgrade including Support & Maintenance

Inverclyde Council’s Secondary Schools Cashless Catering Equipment and Software have been in place for over 20 years, the hardware and revaluation units are now beyond their use. Inverclyde Council are seeking a suitably qualified supplier to upgrade the Equipment and Software including a Nutritional Analysis system and provide ongoing support and maintenance.

Inverclyde Council’s Secondary Schools Cashless Catering Equipment and Software have been in place for over 20 years, the hardware and revaluation units are now beyond their use. Inverclyde Council are seeking a suitably qualified supplier to upgrade the Equipment and Software including a Nutritional Analysis system and provide ongoing support and maintenance.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Tenderers will be required to return with their submission a completed Data Protection Certificate, FOI Certificate, No Collusion Certification, S1 Equalities Questionnaire, S2 Equalities Declaration, Prompt Payment Certificate and Tender Declaration Certificate.

It will also be a condition of contract that Tenderers comply with Inverclyde Council`s Cashless Catering and Nutritional Analysis Terms and Conditions, Special Conditions of Contract, Specification (including compliance with ISO 27001;27002;27017;27018;22301) & Contract Information for Tenderers.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 24910. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Social Values form part of the technical evaluation criteria. 30 Social Value Points would be the Councils expectation over the lifetime of the contract including the extension periods. It will be a contractual requirement that the successful tenderer deliver the Community Benefits offered during the contract period.