Purpose

HES Catering services is seeking approval to
commence a procurement process to set up a Procurement Across London (PAL) framework for frozen food and
grocery.

Decision

Cabinet:
 
Approved
the commencement of a procurement process to set up
a Procurement Across London (PAL) framework for Frozen Food and
Grocery for a duration of three years plus 12-month extension
(3+1).
 
The process will be via a
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 compliant tender procedure as set
out in this report. The indicative value of the new
call-off contract across PAL members is c. £6.71m in year 1.
The total framework value over the 4-year term of the contract (3
years + 1-year extension) is £28.91m across all PAL members.
This includes an estimated 5% annual inflationary
increase.
Havering’s estimated
annual contract value in Year 1 is £2.23m (£9.63m total
contract value over the lifetime of the
framework duration of four years).