UK-Plymouth: support services for land transport

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

PLYMOUTH

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:186772-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 19, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 18, 2008

Buyer:

PENINSULA PURCHASING AND SUPPLY ALLIANCE

Original Language:

English

Address:

PENINSULA PURCHASING AND SUPPLY ALLIANCE
PLYMOUTH , SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
United Kingdom

Web Site:

https://tactica.belmin.com

Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 139/2008
, #
186772-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Peninsula Purchasing and
Supply Alliance, Bircham House, William Prance Road, Contact:
https://tactica.belmin.com, Attn: Julie Hoare, UK-Plymouth PL6 5WR. Tel.
(44-1209) 31 00 57. Fax (44-1209) 88 19 95.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://tactica.belmin.com.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Health.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: yes.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Patient transport (qualified ambulance crew).
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 20.
Main place of performance: NHS Bodies situated within the geographical
boundaries of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset & Somerset.
NUTS code: UKK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Urgent and Non
Urgent Patient transfers utilizing "qualfied" Technicians and/or Paramedic
crews for all within core hours and out of hours requirements 365 days of
the year.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 63200000, 85000000,
85100000, 85112000, 85142000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Quantity and Scope will be defined in
the tender documents The Contracting Authorities reserve the right to
split awards in accordance with the tender requirements.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 200 000 and 400 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 48 (from the award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 63200000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Parent company and other
guarantees may be required in certain circumstances see the invitation to
tender for further details.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint and severable liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
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: Any supplier
may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite
manner:1) entering general PQQ supplier information NHS PPSA utilises the
NHS supplier information database (NHS-sid) to manage and assess general
pre-qualification information in the form of a profile. Candidates are
requested to provide their profile in the NHS-sid as follows:i) candidates
should register on NHS-sid at www.pasa.nhs.uk/sid and after receiving
logon details, create, confirm and publish their NHS-sid company profile.
Candidates who already have a published profile on NHS-sid must confirm
that information is up to date on the supplier tab;ii) candidates should
ensure all relevant sections of their NHS-sid profile are completed to
demonstrate their ability to meet the shortlisting criteria applicable to
this contract. Those items required within the sections are as set out
within the minimum shortlisting criteria guide which appears on the
following page: http://www.pasa.nhs.uk/pasa/Doc.aspx?Path=[MN][SP]/
NHSprocurement/e-procurement/7 %20NHS-sid/
NHS-sid%20minimum%20shortlisting%20criteria%20Jan08.doc Where access to
NHS-sid is unavailable, please contact NHS-sid helpdesk at:
nhssid@pasa.nhs.uk.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As per III.2.1. above.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: As per III.2.1. above.
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:
No.
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
No.
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: 4. Maximum number: 30
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire with scoring system. This Tender is
conforming to EU Public Sector Procurement rules Part B and is choosing to
advertise in OJEU to ensure wide circulation.
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:
NHS03645/JH/AM/1208.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentPayable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
18.8.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 30.8.2008.
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: This tender is being conducted using
electronic means using the Internet. Companies should register their
interest and respond to the OJEU notice using the link to our e-tendering
portal https://tactica.belmin.com/. Potential suppliers are requested to
click on the current opportunities button on the e-tendering site to view
details of this procurement Suppliers should use the online registration
link to enter their company details. Once this screen is completed and you
have received a confirmation e mail then suppliers can continue to follow
the on screen prompts to register your interest. Use of this e-tendering
system is not a qualification criteria but is the preferred method of
receiving invitations to tender on behalf of the Peninsula Purchasing and
Supply Alliance and Dorset and Somerset Procurement Confederation.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: As per I.1. E-mail:
faye.robinson@rdeft.nhs.uk.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
As per I.1. E-mail: faye.robinson@rdeft.nhs.uk.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: (Name of host Trust) will incorporate a minimum 10
calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of
the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful
tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before
the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the
notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and
that information has be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the
expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be
requested from your procurement lead on this tender process. If an appeal
regarding the award of a contract has not be successfully resolved the
Public Contracts Regulation 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved
parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the
rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern
Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3
months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order
the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend
any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into
the Court may only award damages. The purpose of the standstill period
referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside
the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: As per I.1. E-mail: faye.robinson@rdeft.nhs.uk.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 17.7.2008.

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