Delivery of Official Controls in Approved Establishments in England & Wales

Description

This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Lot 1: 2.a. Lot 1 This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Additional information: Estimated value of Lot 1 is £31 to £53 million over the term of the Contract. Please note these are estimated values and FSA expect tenderers to calculate their bids based on the cost of delivering the service. The estimated range covers from the 5 year initial term to the 7 year total term, to include the optional 2 year extension, and are rounded to the nearest million. <br/><br/>Tenders will be evaluated on a lot by lot basis subject to the selection criteria set out in the Qualification Envelope and the award criteria and minimum requirements set out in the Evaluation Document. There are restrictions on the number of lots that can be awarded to a Tenderer subject to certain exceptions as set out in the Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA may request the Supplier to provide Services to certain other government departments as listed in Annex 3 of the Specification.<br/><br/>Tenders should review all information issued in order to prepare their response to the Qualification Envelope, Tender Response and Commercial Input Template. This is set out in the ITT, TUPE and Immigration Wording Document, Specification, Contract, Qualification Envelope, Evaluation Document, Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.<br/><br/>Where the FSA chooses to award a Contract for any Lot, this will be subject to the Contract issued within the ITT documents.<br/><br/>The FSA reserves the right to eliminate a Tenderer from the process, due to serious concerns over their ability to deliver the service, if any of the following occur:<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 0 in response to any individual question in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 30 in at least 2 different questions in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer does not reach a minimum overall score of 60% in the Technical Envelope (excluding social value).<br/>The Award Criteria is detailed in the FSADOC Evaluation Document in the documentation section. Lot 2: 2.b. Lot 2 This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Additional information: Estimated value of Lot 2 is £11 to £18 million over the term of the Contract. Please note these are estimated values and FSA expect tenderers to calculate their bids based on the cost of delivering the service. The estimated range covers from the 5 year initial term to the 7 year total term, to include the optional 2 year extension, and are rounded to the nearest million.<br/><br/>Tenders will be evaluated on a lot by lot basis subject to the selection criteria set out in the Qualification Envelope and the award criteria and minimum requirements set out in the Evaluation Document. There are restrictions on the number of lots that can be awarded to a Tenderer subject to certain exceptions as set out in the Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA may request the Supplier to provide Services to certain other government departments as listed in Annex 3 of the Specification.<br/><br/>Tenders should review all information issued in order to prepare their response to the Qualification Envelope, Tender Response and Commercial Input Template. This is set out in the ITT, TUPE and Immigration Wording Document, Specification, Contract, Qualification Envelope, Evaluation Document, Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.<br/><br/>Where the FSA chooses to award a Contract for any Lot, this will be subject to the Contract issued within the ITT documents.<br/><br/>The FSA reserves the right to eliminate a Tenderer from the process, due to serious concerns over their ability to deliver the service, if any of the following occur:<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 0 in response to any individual question in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 30 in at least 2 different questions in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer does not reach a minimum overall score of 60% in the Technical Envelope (excluding social value).<br/>The Award Criteria is detailed in the FSADOC Evaluation Document in the documentation section. Lot 3: 2.c. Lot 3 This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Additional information: Estimated value of Lot 3 is £14 to £23 million over the term of the Contract. Please note these are estimated values and FSA expect tenderers to calculate their bids based on the cost of delivering the service. The estimated range covers from the 5 year initial term to the 7 year total term, to include the optional 2 year extension, and are rounded to the nearest million.<br/><br/>Tenders will be evaluated on a lot by lot basis subject to the selection criteria set out in the Qualification Envelope and the award criteria and minimum requirements set out in the Evaluation Document. There are restrictions on the number of lots that can be awarded to a Tenderer subject to certain exceptions as set out in the Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA may request the Supplier to provide Services to certain other government departments as listed in Annex 3 of the Specification.<br/><br/>Tenders should review all information issued in order to prepare their response to the Qualification Envelope, Tender Response and Commercial Input Template. This is set out in the ITT, TUPE and Immigration Wording Document, Specification, Contract, Qualification Envelope, Evaluation Document, Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.<br/><br/>Where the FSA chooses to award a Contract for any Lot, this will be subject to the Contract issued within the ITT documents.<br/><br/>The FSA reserves the right to eliminate a Tenderer from the process, due to serious concerns over their ability to deliver the service, if any of the following occur:<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 0 in response to any individual question in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 30 in at least 2 different questions in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer does not reach a minimum overall score of 60% in the Technical Envelope (excluding social value).<br/>The Award Criteria is detailed in the FSADOC Evaluation Document in the documentation section. Lot 4: 2.d. Lot 4 This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Additional information: Estimated value of Lot 4 is £18 to £31 million over the term of the Contract. Please note these are estimated values and FSA expect tenderers to calculate their bids based on the cost of delivering the service. The estimated range covers from the 5 year initial term to the 7 year total term, to include the optional 2 year extension, and are rounded to the nearest million.<br/><br/>Tenders will be evaluated on a lot by lot basis subject to the selection criteria set out in the Qualification Envelope and the award criteria and minimum requirements set out in the Evaluation Document. There are restrictions on the number of lots that can be awarded to a Tenderer subject to certain exceptions as set out in the Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA may request the Supplier to provide Services to certain other government departments as listed in Annex 3 of the Specification.<br/><br/>Tenders should review all information issued in order to prepare their response to the Qualification Envelope, Tender Response and Commercial Input Template. This is set out in the ITT, TUPE and Immigration Wording Document, Specification, Contract, Qualification Envelope, Evaluation Document, Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.<br/><br/>Where the FSA chooses to award a Contract for any Lot, this will be subject to the Contract issued within the ITT documents.<br/><br/>The FSA reserves the right to eliminate a Tenderer from the process, due to serious concerns over their ability to deliver the service, if any of the following occur:<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 0 in response to any individual question in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 30 in at least 2 different questions in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer does not reach a minimum overall score of 60% in the Technical Envelope (excluding social value).<br/>The Award Criteria is detailed in the FSADOC Evaluation Document in the documentation section. Lot 5: 2.e. Lot 5 This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Additional information: Estimated value of Lot 5 is £12 to £20 million over the term of the Contract. Please note these are estimated values and FSA expect tenderers to calculate their bids based on the cost of delivering the service. The estimated range covers from the 5 year initial term to the 7 year total term, to include the optional 2 year extension, and are rounded to the nearest million.<br/><br/>Tenders will be evaluated on a lot by lot basis subject to the selection criteria set out in the Qualification Envelope and the award criteria and minimum requirements set out in the Evaluation Document. There are restrictions on the number of lots that can be awarded to a Tenderer subject to certain exceptions as set out in the Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA may request the Supplier to provide Services to certain other government departments as listed in Annex 3 of the Specification.<br/><br/>Tenders should review all information issued in order to prepare their response to the Qualification Envelope, Tender Response and Commercial Input Template. This is set out in the ITT, TUPE and Immigration Wording Document, Specification, Contract, Qualification Envelope, Evaluation Document, Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.<br/><br/>Where the FSA chooses to award a Contract for any Lot, this will be subject to the Contract issued within the ITT documents.<br/><br/>The FSA reserves the right to eliminate a Tenderer from the process, due to serious concerns over their ability to deliver the service, if any of the following occur:<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 0 in response to any individual question in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 30 in at least 2 different questions in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer does not reach a minimum overall score of 60% in the Technical Envelope (excluding social value).<br/>The Award Criteria is detailed in the FSADOC Evaluation Document in the documentation section. Lot 6: 2.f. Lot 6 This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Additional information: Estimated value of Lot 6 is £21 to £35 million over the term of the Contract. Please note these are estimated values and FSA expect tenderers to calculate their bids based on the cost of delivering the service. The estimated range covers from the 5 year initial term to the 7 year total term, to include the optional 2 year extension, and are rounded to the nearest million.<br/><br/>Tenders will be evaluated on a lot by lot basis subject to the selection criteria set out in the Qualification Envelope and the award criteria and minimum requirements set out in the Evaluation Document. There are restrictions on the number of lots that can be awarded to a Tenderer subject to certain exceptions as set out in the Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA may request the Supplier to provide Services to certain other government departments as listed in Annex 3 of the Specification.<br/><br/>Tenders should review all information issued in order to prepare their response to the Qualification Envelope, Tender Response and Commercial Input Template. This is set out in the ITT, TUPE and Immigration Wording Document, Specification, Contract, Qualification Envelope, Evaluation Document, Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.<br/><br/>Where the FSA chooses to award a Contract for any Lot, this will be subject to the Contract issued within the ITT documents.<br/><br/>The FSA reserves the right to eliminate a Tenderer from the process, due to serious concerns over their ability to deliver the service, if any of the following occur:<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 0 in response to any individual question in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 30 in at least 2 different questions in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer does not reach a minimum overall score of 60% in the Technical Envelope (excluding social value).<br/>The Award Criteria is detailed in the FSADOC Evaluation Document in the documentation section. Lot 7: 2.g. Lot 7 This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Additional information: Estimated value of Lot 7 is £36 to £61 million over the term of the Contract. Please note these are estimated values and FSA expect tenderers to calculate their bids based on the cost of delivering the service. The estimated range covers from the 5 year initial term to the 7 year total term, to include the optional 2 year extension, and are rounded to the nearest million.<br/><br/>Tenders will be evaluated on a lot by lot basis subject to the selection criteria set out in the Qualification Envelope and the award criteria and minimum requirements set out in the Evaluation Document. There are restrictions on the number of lots that can be awarded to a Tenderer subject to certain exceptions as set out in the Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA may request the Supplier to provide Services to certain other government departments as listed in Annex 3 of the Specification.<br/><br/>Tenders should review all information issued in order to prepare their response to the Qualification Envelope, Tender Response and Commercial Input Template. This is set out in the ITT, TUPE and Immigration Wording Document, Specification, Contract, Qualification Envelope, Evaluation Document, Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.<br/><br/>Where the FSA chooses to award a Contract for any Lot, this will be subject to the Contract issued within the ITT documents.<br/><br/>The FSA reserves the right to eliminate a Tenderer from the process, due to serious concerns over their ability to deliver the service, if any of the following occur:<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 0 in response to any individual question in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 30 in at least 2 different questions in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer does not reach a minimum overall score of 60% in the Technical Envelope (excluding social value).<br/>The Award Criteria is detailed in the FSADOC Evaluation Document in the documentation section. Lot 8: 2.h. Lot 8 This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Additional information: Estimated value of Lot 8 is £17 to £29 million over the term of the Contract. Please note these are estimated values and FSA expect tenderers to calculate their bids based on the cost of delivering the service. The estimated range covers from the 5 year initial term to the 7 year total term, to include the optional 2 year extension, and are rounded to the nearest million.<br/><br/>Tenders will be evaluated on a lot by lot basis subject to the selection criteria set out in the Qualification Envelope and the award criteria and minimum requirements set out in the Evaluation Document. There are restrictions on the number of lots that can be awarded to a Tenderer subject to certain exceptions as set out in the Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA may request the Supplier to provide Services to certain other government departments as listed in Annex 3 of the Specification.<br/><br/>Tenders should review all information issued in order to prepare their response to the Qualification Envelope, Tender Response and Commercial Input Template. This is set out in the ITT, TUPE and Immigration Wording Document, Specification, Contract, Qualification Envelope, Evaluation Document, Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.<br/><br/>Where the FSA chooses to award a Contract for any Lot, this will be subject to the Contract issued within the ITT documents.<br/><br/>The FSA reserves the right to eliminate a Tenderer from the process, due to serious concerns over their ability to deliver the service, if any of the following occur:<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 0 in response to any individual question in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 30 in at least 2 different questions in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer does not reach a minimum overall score of 60% in the Technical Envelope (excluding social value).<br/>The Award Criteria is detailed in the FSADOC Evaluation Document in the documentation section. Lot 9: 2.i. Lot 9 This contract is for the provision of a managed service for contract Official Veterinarians (cOV) and contract Official Auxiliaries (cOA) to undertake the delivery of Official Controls in accordance with assimilated EU and UK law in Third Party Premises (Food Business Operator Premises) which are approved by FSA. These are meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting Premises and approved game handling establishments) which are owned and operated by a Food Business Operator. On occasion, attendance at premises under local authority control and Dairy Establishments may be required. Additional information: Estimated value of Lot 9 is £20 to £33 million over the term of the Contract. Please note these are estimated values and FSA expect tenderers to calculate their bids based on the cost of delivering the service. The estimated range covers from the 5 year initial term to the 7 year total term, to include the optional 2 year extension, and are rounded to the nearest million.<br/><br/>Tenders will be evaluated on a lot by lot basis subject to the selection criteria set out in the Qualification Envelope and the award criteria and minimum requirements set out in the Evaluation Document. There are restrictions on the number of lots that can be awarded to a Tenderer subject to certain exceptions as set out in the Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA may request the Supplier to provide Services to certain other government departments as listed in Annex 3 of the Specification.<br/><br/>Tenders should review all information issued in order to prepare their response to the Qualification Envelope, Tender Response and Commercial Input Template. This is set out in the ITT, TUPE and Immigration Wording Document, Specification, Contract, Qualification Envelope, Evaluation Document, Contract Notice Wording Document.<br/><br/>The FSA does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.<br/><br/>Where the FSA chooses to award a Contract for any Lot, this will be subject to the Contract issued within the ITT documents.<br/><br/>The FSA reserves the right to eliminate a Tenderer from the process, due to serious concerns over their ability to deliver the service, if any of the following occur:<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 0 in response to any individual question in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer is judged to have a score of 30 in at least 2 different questions in the Technical Envelope.<br/>The Tenderer does not reach a minimum overall score of 60% in the Technical Envelope (excluding social value).<br/>The Award Criteria is detailed in the FSADOC Evaluation Document in the documentation section.