UK-Oxford: health services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

OJPHORDI

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:164896-2008

Publication Date:

Jun 27, 2008

Deadline:

Jul 18, 2008

Buyer:

OXFORDSHIRE PRIMARY CARE TRUST

Original Language:

English

Address:

OXFORDSHIRE PRIMARY CARE TRUST
OXFORD , Oxfordshire
United Kingdom

Web Site:

http://www.oxfordshirepct.nhs.uk/

Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 123/2008
, #
164896-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Oxfordshire Primary Care
Trust, Jubilee House, 5510 John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South,
Attn: Alan Kilham, UK-Oxford OX4 2LH. Tel. (44) 18 65 78 20 75. E-mail:
alan.kilham@obmh.nhs.uk. Fax (44) 18 65 78 21 69.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.oxfordshirepct.nhs.uk/.
Further information can be obtained at: Buckinghamshire Shared Services,
Attn: Alan Kilham. URL: www.pro-cure.bravosolution.com.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Buckinghamshire Shared Services, Attn: Alan Kilham. URL:
www.pro-cure.bravosolution.com.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Buckinghamshire Shared
Services, Contact: Alan Kilham. URL: www.pro-cure.bravosolution.com.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions.
Health.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of a Primary Medical Care GP Out of Hours Cover.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 25.
Main place of performance: Oxfordshire (specifically the geographical
service boundaries of Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust).
NUTS code: UKJ14.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): It is envisaged
that the PCT will contract with the successful bidder, over a period of
upto 5 years (based upon a 3-year contract with the potential to extend
for a further 2 years in 12 monthly increments), for the provision of
Primary Medical GP Out of Hours Cover for the whole of Oxfordshire.
The service will operate 7 days a week from 23:00 through 8:00, inclusive
of Bank Holiday night cover.
Telephone calls, routed to the service by a 3rd-party call handling
organisation, will allow a GP to respond with either telephone or
face-to-face advice. Normally face-to-face advice is given by means of an
appointment at the service’s PCT provided clinics. The service, must
however, be able to provide home visits too.
The GP will prescribe and provide medication where required, which, due to
the hours of the operation must be provided via the GP.
Existing services are currently undertaken by 3 organisations, 1 of which
is the PCT itself. 1 service operates in the North of Oxfordshire, another
in the City of Oxford and the 3rd in the South of Oxfordshire.
The Trust is seeking to procure a single service to replace the 3 existing
services.
It is intended that the new service would start on 1.11.2008.
Please note that the values quoted in this notice are for a full, 5-year,
contract term and are based upon per annum estimates.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85100000, 85140000,
85323000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: It is envisaged that the PCT will
contract with the successful bidder, over a period of upto 5 years (based
upon a 3-year contract with the potential to extend for a further 2 years
in 12 monthly increments), for the provision of Primary Medical GP Out of
Hours Cover for the whole of Oxfordshire.
The service will operate 7 days a week from 23:00 through 8:00, inclusive
of Bank Holiday night cover.
Telephone calls, routed to the service by a 3rd-party call handling
organisation, will allow a GP to respond with either telephone or
face-to-face advice. Normally face-to-face advice is given by means of an
appointment at the service’s PCT provided clinics. The service, must
however, be able to provide home visits too.
The GP will prescribe and provide medication where required, which, due to
the hours of the operation must be provided via the GP.
Existing services are currently undertaken by 3 organisations, 1 of which
is the PCT itself. 1 service operates in the North of Oxfordshire, another
in the City of Oxford and the third in the South of Oxfordshire.
The Trust is seeking to procure a single service to replace the 3 existing
services.
It is intended that the new service would start on 1.11.2008.
Please note that the values quoted in this notice are for a full, 5-year,
contract term and are based upon per annum estimates.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 4 500 000 and 5 500 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 60 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Suppliers
Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your
company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once). - Browse to
the eSourcing Portal: https://pro-cure.bravosolution.com and click the
link to register. - Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”.
- Enter your correct business and user details. - Note the username you
chose and click “Save” when complete. - You will shortly receive an email
with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the tender: - Login to the portal with the
username/password. - Click the “PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers” link.
(These are pre-qualification questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open
to any registered supplier). - Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the
content. - Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the
left-hand side of the page. - This will move the PQQ/ITT into your “My
PQQs/My ITTs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects
only). - You can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and
Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box.
3. Responding to the tender: - You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject”
(please give a reason if rejecting). - You can now use the ‘Messages’
function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. - Note
the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to
complete the PQQ/ITT. - There may be a mixture of online and offline
actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You
must then publish your reply using the publish button. If you require any
further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the
eTendering help desk.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As detailed in the
pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender (ITT)
documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As detailed in the
pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender (ITT)
documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: As detailed in the pre-qualification
questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As detailed in the
pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender (ITT)
documents.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
Yes.
Dependant upon the specific part of the service being delivered. Details
are provided in the Invitation to Tender documents (e.g. Doctor etc).
Proof of appropriate qualification(s) will be required as part of the
tender response for those elements of the service requiring professional
delivery.
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As
detailed in the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
T317/BSS/AK.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 16.7.2008 - 17:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
18.7.2008 - 17:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 25.7.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The contracting authority intends to use an
eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to
use a reverse auction.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 25.6.2008.

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