UK-Newcastle Upon Tyne: iT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:247701-2008

Publication Date:

Oct 8, 2008

Deadline:

Oct 27, 2008

Buyer:

NHS BUSINESS SERVICES AUTHORITY

Original Language:

English

Address:

NHS BUSINESS SERVICES AUTHORITY
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE , UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom

Email:

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Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 187/2008
, #
247701-2008
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): NHS Business Services
Authority, 152 Pilgrim Street, Attn: Sarah Steven, UK-Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 6SN. Tel. 019 12 03 54 34. E-mail: sarah.steven@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. Fax 019
12 44 64 86.
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:
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: IT
Application Development & Solution Deployment Framework Agreement.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 7.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The NHSBSA is a
special health authority responsible amongst other things for the
processing of NHS prescriptions, the operation of the NHS pension schemes
and the processing of NHS dental payments.
Through this procurement the NHSBSA intends to appoint several suppliers
to a framework agreement to deliver the following services. The framework
Agreement will be available for use for other areas of the NHSBSA's
current and future business:
Lot One - Applications Development.
Lot Two - Customer Relationship Management Solutions.
Lot Three - Electronic Document & Management Solutions.
Lot Four - Voice Solutions.
Lot Five - Data Transmission Solutions.
Lot Six - e-Transaction Solutions.
Lot Seven - Web Hosting Solutions.
Lot Eight - Web Design, Development & Content Management Solutions.
Lot Nine - Data Management Solutions.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 72000000, 72212517,
72212222, 72212220, 72212000, 72200000.
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: Yes.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Applications Development
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: Customer Relationship Management Solutions
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
LOT NO 3
TITLE: Electronic Document & Management Solutions
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
LOT NO 4
TITLE: Voice Solutions
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
LOT NO 5
TITLE: Data transmission Solutions
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
LOT NO 6
TITLE: e Transaction Solutions
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
LOT NO 7
TITLE: Web Hosting Solutions
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
LOT NO 8
TITLE: Web design, development & content management solutions
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
LOT NO 9
TITLE: Data Management Solutions
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: NHSBSA reserves the right to
request performance bonds and/or parent company guarantees or other forms
of security.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: To be specified in
the tender documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint ventures must enter into a legal
agreement with joint and several liabilities.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
To be specified within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation issued
to the successful suppliers, following PQQ submission and evaluation.
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: Bidders must
meet the requirements set out in regulation 23 of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2006, as further described in the Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire (PQQ). Parties expressing an interest will be provided with
a Memorandum of Information and a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ).
The PQQ can only be accessed from the NHSBSA eSourcing Portal
(https://nhsbsa.bravosolution.com) and must be completed and submitted via
this route, no later than 12:00 Noon on 27.10.2008.
Bidders 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://nhsbsa.bravosolution.com,
— Click the “Click here to register” link,
— 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 “Open Access PQQs” link. (These are Pre-Qualification
Questionnaires open to any registered bidder),
— Click on the relevant PQQ 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 into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area
reserved for your projects only),
— Click on the PQQ code, 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,
— There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform
(there is detailed online help available) 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: Parties expressing an
interest will be provided with a Memorandum of Information and a
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ can only be accessed from
the NHSBSA eSourcing portal (https://nhsbsa.bravosolution.com) and must be
completed and submitted via this route, no later than 12:00 Noon on
27.10.2008.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: Parties expressing an interest will be
provided with a Memorandum of Information and a Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ can only be accessed from the NHSBSA
eSourcing portal (https://nhsbsa.bravosolution.com) and must be completed
and submitted via this route, no later than 12:00 Noon on 27.10.2008.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
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: 5.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue: Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of
solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated yes.
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.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
27.10.2008 - 12:00.
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.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: High Court of Justice,
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, UK-London WC2A 2LL. Tel. 020 79 47 60
00.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Appeals must be made in accordance with the procedures
set out in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 24.9.2008.

Update: Oct 8, 2008

Notice Type: 8098
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Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 195/2008
, #
257767-2008
Referenced Document Number: 247701-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
NHS Business Services Authority, 152 Pilgrim Street, attn: Sarah Steven,
UK-NE1 6SN Newcastle Upon Tyne. Tel. 019 12 03 54 34. E-mail:
sarah.steven@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. Fax 019 12 44 64 86.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 26.09.2008,
2008/S 187-247701)
RE: CPV: 72000000, 72212517, 72212222, 72212220, 72212000, 72200000.
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and
support.Instead of: IV.1.2):
Envisaged minimum number: 5.
Read: IV.1.2):
Envisaged minimum number: 003 per Lot. Maximum number: 010 per Lot.
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: to be
advised in the Memorandum of Information.

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