Bulgaria – Miscellaneous food products – „Доставка на храни и/или хранителни продукти за Център за настаняване от семеен тип за пълнолетни лица с умствена изостаналост в село Имренчево, община Велики Преслав и за Комплекс за социални услуги в град Велики Преслав“

The public procurement is announced to meet the needs of social service users from the following institutions: Family-type Accommodation Centre for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in the village of Imrenchevo, V. Preslav Municipality, Supervised Accommodation at the Social Services Complex in the town of V. Preslav and Family-type Accommodation Centre for Children without Disabilities in V. Preslav to the Social Services Complex in the town of V. Preslav. The food / food products, subject of the supply, are necessary to ensure three meals daily (breakfast, lunch, dinner) for the users accommodated and using the social services in the three objects. The technical specification, an integral part of the procurement documentation, contains detailed information to clarify the type and volume of supplies. The foodstuffs, included in the scope of the procurement, which are to be supplied, are described in 14 food groups in the attached tables - an integral part of the technical specification for each of the supply objects. Estimated quantities for each item are indicated for a period of 24 months. Final deadline for the execution of the procurement – 31.12.2028 or until the maximum allowable estimated value is reached, whichever of the two events occurs earlier. The contract ends completely, with the expiry of the final deadline or until the financial resource for food supply to each of the three objects is exhausted. When supplying food, all normative conditions determined according to the Food Act, the Veterinary-Medical Activity Act, as well as the subordinate acts regulating the trade and production of food, as well as other applicable normative acts, must be observed. Participants must meet the requirements of Ordinance No. N-1 of 23.07.2024 for the environmental requirements for certain products, subject of public procurement. According to the Ordinance, the minimum mandatory environmental requirements for the supply of food are as follows: The food and beverages included in the list of organic food products must be produced in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and with acts for its implementation. The list of organic food products includes the following groups: Milk, dairy products; Meat and meat products; Fish and fish products; Cereal-grain foods and foods based on cereal grains; Vegetables - raw, canned, frozen, dried, fermented, vegetable juices; Fruits - fresh, frozen, dried, canned, in the form of nectars and fruit juices, jams, marmalades, jellies and compotes. The requirement for the supply of food and beverages for organic food products is as follows: - for 2027, for not less than 5% of the total quantity of food and beverage supplies from each of the groups listed in the List of Organic Food Products; - for 2028, for not less than 6% of the total quantity of food and beverage supplies from each of the groups listed in the List of Organic Food Products. The specified quantities of supplied organic food products can be ensured with one or more of the types of products included in the List of Organic Food Products for each separate group. To prove compliance - the participant must be certified in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and Ordinance No. 5 of 3 September 2018 for the application of the rules of organic production, labelling and control, and for issuing a permit for control activity for compliance with the rules of organic production, as well as for subsequent official supervision over the controlling bodies. In addition to the above certificate, the participant must also submit a declaration that all the listed food products, which will be supplied during the execution of the contract, comply with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and with the acts for its implementation. The participant must provide a description of the way in which they will guarantee that the food can be procured from organic sources during the execution of the contract (for example, by indicating the suppliers of the different products). Periodic supplies under the procurement will be made based on the stated types of food and quantities to the delivery objects, with transport means provided by the supplier, in accordance with the requirements specified in the technical specification. The remaining shelf life of the food products must be not less than 75% of that declared by the manufacturer at the date of each delivery. Unsealed and/or damaged packaging with food must be replaced immediately with new ones. The validity of the offer must be for a minimum period of 180 days, counted from the final deadline for submission of offers. Food and/or food products must be delivered in accordance with the schedules specified in the technical specification for each object. Supplies of food products are made periodically upon prior requests, prepared by authorized officials from the relevant object and submitted to the contractor no later than 3 days before the delivery date.