Procurement of fresh products and potatoes

… the procurement system at the start-up stage and later during its period of validity by submitting a request to participate in accordance with the request to participate. Contracts must be concluded before the end of the procurement system. The contracts are valid for about 1 year at a time. The sub-areas are put out to tender as internal tenders approximately every 1 year. Contractual procurements (orders) can be made until the end of the contract. The procurement procedure consists of two stages. In order to be able to submit tenders, a supplier must first submit a request to participate and be admitted to the procurement system. Thereafter, the supplier may submit tenders by responding to the invitation to tender sent by the contracting entity. In the future, the contracting entity will conduct internal competitive tendering approximately every year. Requests to participate in a dynamic purchasing system may be submitted for the entire duration of the system. The dynamic purchasing system shall include all candidates who meet the suitability requirements. Actual procurements are made through internal competitive bidding within the DPS, which describes and specifies the subject matter of the procurement. Intra-procurement tenders may not be submitted unless the supplier has been admitted to the procurement system. Submitting a request to participate and being admitted to the procurement system does not oblige the supplier to submit a tender, but allows suppliers to submit tenders at their discretion. At the time of publication of the request to participate, the contracting entity estimates the estimated VAT-exempt amount of planned purchases subject to the dynamic purchasing system at EUR 3 000 000, taking into account any purchases made under the system. This estimate is preliminary and based on the currently known need for procurement. The procuring entity does not undertake any purchase quantities or tie-in obligations with this notice