3(c)
There was submitted a report by the Director of Scotland Excel relative to the award of a new framework agreement for the supply and delivery of alcoholic and associated beverages which would be effective from 1 August 2019 until 31 July 2022, with the option to extend for up to an additional 12-month period until 31 July 2023.
The report intimated that the requirement for this framework had arisen due to the upcoming expiration of a regional contract led by South Ayrshire Council to procure these requirements with Edinburgh City, Fife and North Ayrshire Councils acting as collaborative partners. Scotland Excel had engaged with these councils with the intention of using this agreement as a model form which to establish a notional framework.
The new framework would provide councils with a mechanism to procure a range of alcoholic and associated beverages including, but not limited to, draught beer and packaged beer and cider, wines, spirits, ready to drink alcoholic beverages and soft drinks and mixers.
The framework had been advertised at a value of £5 million over the four-year period and the report summarised the outcome of the procurement process.
One tender response had been received and a summary of this offer was detailed in Appendix 1 to the report.
Based on the evaluation undertaken, and in line with the criteria and weightings detailed within the report, it was recommended that a single-supplier framework be awarded to Tennent Caledonian Brewers Wholesale Limited (Tennents).
The report further advised that Tennents had accepted as part of the terms and conditions of the framework that they would hold prices firm for the first 12-months of the framework.
DECIDED: That the award of the framework agreement, as detailed in Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.