TC819 - Provision of Inspection of Food Premises
Manchester City Council
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Key details
Procurement
- 55300000 Restaurant and food-serving services
- 90700000 Environmental services
- 98300000 Miscellaneous services
What happened
Manchester City Council awarded this contract to Osborne Richardson Ltd worth £115,832 on 18 Aug 2023. The contract runs until 1 Oct 2025.
Description
The contract is to carry out approximately 1,000 food safety/hygiene and food standards inspections of food businesses in the City of Manchester per year (1st April – 31st March). The inspections will comprise of a range of food hygiene (FH) ratings but will be mainly premises rated category C and D at the last inspection under the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Food Law Code of Practice (FLCoP) scoring scheme. Some category B and unrated premises may also be included.
Higher risk inspections will tend to be carried out by Officers within the Food, Health and Safety and Airport Team. Inspections will ordinarily involve Food Hygiene and Food Standards inspections being carried out at the same time and risk ratings for both being given. There may be situations where inspections just comprise of Food Standards or just Food Hygiene.
Full description
Manchester City Council are running an open tender exercise to procure the provision of inspection of food premises. The contract is to carry out approximately 1,000 food safety/hygiene and food standards inspections of food businesses in the City of Manchester per year (1st April – 31st March). The inspections will comprise of a range of food hygiene (FH) ratings but will be mainly premises rated category C and D at the last inspection under the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Food Law Code of Practice (FLCoP) scoring scheme. Some category B and unrated premises may also be included. Higher risk inspections will tend to be carried out by Officers within the Food, Health and Safety and Airport Team. Inspections will ordinarily involve Food Hygiene and Food Standards inspections being carried out at the same time and risk ratings for both being given. There may be situations where inspections just comprise of Food Standards or just Food Hygiene. Additional information: The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including online questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on 02nd June 2023 as referred to in IV.2.2.
Additional information
1 extension option(s) available, 0 taken; up to 24 months in total
Option: 24 months, from 2025-10-02, to 2027-10-01, 1st year of extension
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