Procurement of school fruit July 2024 - June 2026

OFG shall enter into framework agreements for deliveries to the School Fruit Scheme for the period 1\. July 2024-30. June 2026. The school fruit scheme is discussed in the National Budget and it is anchored in the regulations of 1\. April 2004 no. 623 for grants for price write-offs of fruit and vegetables in primary and secondary schools (Annex 1). The aim of the scheme is to stimulate increased consumption of fruit and vegetables among pupils in primary and secondary schools. School fruit is also a tool for fulfilling parts of the authorities' National professional guidelines for food and meals in schools, and should contribute to good eating habits, well-being in school life and better health among children and adolescents. In this competition the School Fruit Scheme is divided into the "Subscription Scheme with Parent Payment" (the "Subscription Scheme") and the "Municipal Scheme", see the tender documentation for further information. In this competition the School Fruit Scheme is divided into the "Subscription Scheme with Parent Payment" ("The Subscription Scheme") and the "Municipal Scheme", cf. below. Tenderers shall deliver ready-to-eat, first class fruit and vegetables for primary and secondary schools that shall receive School Fruit. Tenderers must be able to deliver fruit/vegetables within category 1 to the Subscription scheme with parent payment and both categories 1 and 2 for the Municipal Scheme. In addition fruit/vegetables can be delivered within category 3 in the municipal scheme. The framework agreements are for the country 15 counties where each county is divided into two delivery areas, one primary and one secondary area. From 01.01.2024 Viken, Troms and Finnmark and Vestfold and Telemark will be dissolved to new counties. It is the new counties that are an applicant for as these will apply in the contract period. OFG would like to enter into framework agreements with two tenderers per county for the delivery of fruit/vegetables (School fruit) under the School Fruit Scheme. The estimated annual contract value is NOK 65 million excluding VAT. The estimate is for the price of fruit and vegetables including subsidies. The maximum value of the framework agreement is nok 180 million excluding VAT (for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2026). If a government-financed free school fruit scheme is introduced during the contract period for all or parts of primary and secondary schools, this can lead to a reduction in the number of call-offs or call-offs on the framework agreement.
Place of performance: NO082

Lot: LOT-0000
Title: Procurement of school fruit July 2024 - June 2026

Notice type: Contract award notice