THE PROVISION OF: THE NURSERY MILK REIMBURSEMENT UNIT (NMRU)

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The Department of Health (the Authority) seeks tenders for the provision of a registration, validation and reimbursement service to child care settings who provide milk to children in their care and wish to claim payment for this milk under the Welfare Food Regulations 1996. This is a renewal contract replacing an existing service. The Authority is seeking to improve both the cost-effectiveness of the service and the security of the reimbursement system, and to ensure compliance by childcare settings and milk agents with the rules of the scheme. The Authority is also looking to improve value for money through innovation. Additional information: The contracting authority/Department of Health considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). For the avoidance of doubt, the contracting authority points out that no weight will be attached to whether or not the economic operator is an SME in selecting economic operators to submit tenders, participate in dialogue or negotiate or in assessing the most economically advantageous tender. The contracting authority/Department of health reserves the right to discontinue the tendering process at any time and not award the contract. The Department of Health reserves the right for yearly reviews based on funding and performance. This contract will be subject to a break clause. All participants must complete an Invitation to Tender (ITT) which covers Economic and Financial capacity and Technical capacity. The Department understands that “The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) 2006 (SI 2006/246) may apply to this procurement, however, the tenderers must satisfy themselves of this (see ITT for details). Potential suppliers should note that, in accordance with the Government’s policies on transparency, DH intends to publish the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, and the text of any Contract awarded, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of DH. Further information on transparency can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/improving-the-transparency-and-accountability-of-governmentanditsservices This procurement exercise will be conducted via the DH’s e-Tendering portal. We call this system BMS (Business Management System). Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their details and download and complete an ITT and submit their response via BMS. The following link will take you to the guidance documentation for using the BMS i.e. to register and download instructions on how to respond. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-ealth/about/procurement If you require assistance, please contact the Supplier Helpdesk on 0113 254 5777 or supplier.helpdesk@dh.gsi.gov.uk. This helpdesk is available 10:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays. Registration is a simple one-step process; The supplier must register as a company/organisation; then each employee who may undertake a tendering exercise must then register as an individual. Once this stage is completed, it is then possible to register an expression of interest for this tender.Note: Standard BMS functionality will only acknowledge one recipient per supplier for each individual tender. If you require the tender to be seen by multiple users we suggest using a centralised e-mail address[dhtenders@example.com].

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