Notice Type: 2120 - Contract notice Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries EU Official Journal Publication: 166/2008 , # 223514-2008 Contract Nature: Supply contract Procedure Type: Restricted procedure Type of Bid Required: Global tender Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Summary: CONTRACT NOTICE Supplies SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, Supplies Dept, William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Attn: Tracey Miles, UK-Ashford TN24 0LZ. Tel. 012 33 61 61 00. E-mail: contract@ekht.nhs.uk. Fax 012 33 61 61 01. 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: Regional or local authority. Health. SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT II.1) DESCRIPTION II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: UK-Ashford: supply, installation, on going support and maintenance of a flexible, scaleable and integratable computerised endoscopy software solution to East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Supplies. A combination of purchase, lease, rental and hire purchase. Main place of delivery: East Kent. II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract. II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in months: 60 Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement: Estimated value excluding VAT: GBP. II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust invites expressions of interest for the supply, installation, on-going support and maintenance of a flexible, scaleable. And integratable Computerised Endoscopy Software Solution, (incorporating associate software and hardware (where appropriate) for easy compliance with customer requirements and various installation scenarios. The software solution offered must have the following functionality as a minimum: Data & image recording, storage, archiving and retrieval of patient data at the point of care, image capture, storage and retrieval of live images and materials consumption reporting. The Software Solution must also be capable of collecting and analysing data to support the Trust in meeting and reporting a Framework of quality and safe processes required to meet the specific requirements of the National Bowel Screening Programme, GRS & JAG. Accreditation. Expressions of interest are invited from parties who can demonstrate 1. The successful implementation and operation of a solution within an existing NHS hospital care setting 2. Operation within an existing Information Technology (IT) infrastructure based upon the technical standards as defined by the UK National Programme for IT 3. HL7/Dicom / N3 compliance 4. In house and hosted support options (with Business continuity/disaster recovery planning). Management software. Software applications. Software implementation services. Software maintenance services. Software supply services. Maintenance and repair of information technology software. Software-related services. Office automation software. Software licences. Software upgrade. Software configuration services. Computer support services. Technical computer support services. Software supply services. Project management consultancy services. II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 30244000, 30248300, 72265000, 30248100, 72224000, 72268000, 72267000, 72521000, 72263000, 50312500, 72268000, 30249500, 72260000, 30248200, 72521100. II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. II.1.8) Division into lots: No. II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes. 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.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint and several 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: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations; (c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate; (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering. III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator; (c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work; (d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's study and research facilities. 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. SECTION IV: PROCEDURE IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted. 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: TEKH392. 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: 30.9.2008 - 12:00. IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 13.10.2008. IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: English. SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: It proposed to award a 5 year contract with a 2 year extension option. GO reference: GO 08082623/01. VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 26.8.2008.
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