UK-Alfreton: special footwear

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   ALFRETON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:281920-2008
Publication Date:   Nov 8, 2008
Deadline:   Nov 28, 2008
Buyer:   NHS SUPPLY CHAIN ACTING AS AGENT FOR NHS BUSINESS SERVICES AUTHORITY
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   NHS SUPPLY CHAIN ACTING AS AGENT FOR NHS BUSINESS SERVICES AUTHORITY
ALFRETON , UNITED KINGDOM  
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.supplychain.nhs.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2120
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 212/2008
, #
281920-2008
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): NHS Supply Chain acting as
agent for NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Supply Chain West Way Cotes
Park Industrial Estate Derbyshire, Attn: Nora Harper, UK-Alfreton DE55
4QJ. Tel. (44) 01 77 73 72 41 18. E-mail: nora.harper@supplychain.nhs.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.supplychain.nhs.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.supplychain.nhs.uk.
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:
National or federal agency/office.
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:
Textiles – Healthcare Footwear.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: Various locations in England.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators.
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 3.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 2
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Textiles-
Healthcare Footwear.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 18320000.
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.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Precise quantities are unknown and will
also depend on the number of suppliers appointed. For information, the
last annual spend by NHS Trusts for products within this range has been in
excess of £1.5 million GBP and it is anticipated that this contract could
be for upto £2 million per annum.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: This framework will have the option of an
extension for a maximum of 24 months.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 24 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Parent company or other
guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. Further details will
be in the contract documents.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Please see tender
documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: The Contracting Authority reserves the
right to require groupings of entities to take a particular form, or to
require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that
each party undertakes 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: III.2.1.2)
Submission Of Expression Of Interest And Procurement Specific Information:
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain
eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk. Candidates
wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression
of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if
required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows: i)
Candidates should register on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at
http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk. ii) Once registered, candidates
must express their interest as follows: a. Login to the NHS Supply Chain
eTendering portal b. Select the NHS supply Chain link on the Management
Console c. Select the “+” symbol to the left of the “My Official Journal
European Union Notices” to make all available notices visible d. Select
the required notice by placing the cursor over the name of the notice and
then left clicking once on the name. e. After reading the notice, select
the expression of interest button at the bottom of the notice and close
the form. f. Go back to the NHS supply Chain link on the Management
Console. g. The related event document will become visible. iii) For
tenders: a. Clicking on the tender heading will open the next screen. This
screen will provide the detail of the responses required to submit an
offer to this tender. b. Select the folder called eRSXX.ZIP (where XX
denotes the tender number) to download the tender package that contains
the complete response package. This package must be opened with the eRS
application that can be downloaded from the procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk
website. c. Using the eRS application, follow the instructions and
complete the responses. d. The response MUST be submitted via the INTERNET
method as prescribed in the eRS application. iv) In the event that the
notice refers to a PQQ: a. Select the relevant PQQ header for the notice
you have expressed an interest in. The detail will appear allowing you to
respond to the questions and add attachments as required. b. The response
is submitted when the “Save Details” button is clicked. The responses can
be submitted as many times as required until the closing time for the
event. v) For any support in submitting your expression of interest please
contact the eTendering Help-desk at +0044 (0) 845 468 7877 or
supplychain@intenda.uk.com.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: 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: 5.
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: Yes.
An electronic auction (e-auction) may be used to award all or part of the
requirements. The use of e-auctions may also be an option as part of any
mini competition process.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents
or for accessing documents: 24.11.2008.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
28.11.2008 - 17:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 10.12.2008.
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: In this procurement, NHS Supply Chain
intends to enter into arrangements under which NHS Trusts, other NHS
entities, any private sector entity which is active in the United Kingdom
health care sector or any government department, government agency or
statutory body can purchase supplies and/or services. Tenders and all
supporting documentation for the contract must be priced in sterling and
written in English. Any agreement entered into will be considered a
contract made in England according to English law and will be subject to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. NHS Supply Chain is not
liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering
for this contract opportunity. NHS Supply Chain reserves the right to
terminate the procurement process (or part of it), to change the basis of
and the procedures for the procurement process at any time, or to procure
the contract by alternative means if it appears that the contract can be
more advantageously procured by alternative means. The most economically
advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted. All
communications must be made through the Intenda eRS system.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Refer to point VI.4.2.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Not applicable.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 27.10.2008.




Update: Nov 8, 2008


Notice Type: 8098
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Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 218/2008
, #
289658-2008
Referenced Document Number: 281920-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority, NHS
Supply Chain West Way Cotes Park Industrial Estate Derbyshire, attn: Nora
Harper, UK-DE55 4QJ Alfreton. Tel. (44) 01 77 73 72 41 18. E-mail:
nora.harper@supplychain.nhs.uk.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 31.10.2008,
2008/S 212-281920)
RE: CPV: 18832000.
Special footwear.Instead of: II.1.6): 18320000.
Read: II.1.6): 18832000.
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