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UK-Normanton: repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   NORMANTON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:199112-2009
Publication Date:   Sep 8, 2009
Deadline:   Sep 16, 2009
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
NORMANTON, UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom
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Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2210 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 136/2009, #199112-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Aug 26, 2009


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 163/2009, #235502-2009
Referenced Document Number: 199112-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Sept 8, 2009


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 172/2009, #247425-2009
Referenced Document Number: 199112-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
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 Foxbridge Way,
West Yorkshire, Attn: Lydia Hillman, UK-Normanton WF6 1TL. Tel. +44
7771345070. E-mail: lydia.hillman@supplychain.nhs.uk. Fax +44 1924328744.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.supplychain.nhs.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent
for NHS Business Services Authority. URL:
http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority,
Attn: Lydia Hillman. URL: http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: NHS Supply Chain
acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority. URL:
http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/.
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:
Maintenance and Servicing of Ophthalmology Equipment.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Main site or location of works: Various locations in the UK.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: 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:
Range: between 2 000 000,00 and 3 000 000,00 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Maintenance and
Servicing of Ophthalmology Equipment.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 50420000.
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. Whilst it is anticipated
that initial expenditure will be in the region of 2 000 000 GBP to 3 000
000 GBP for this contract award this is approximate only and the values
will be to such level as those purchasing under the framework consider
necessary to provide suitable requirements.
Precise quantities are unknown and will also depend on the number of
suppliers appointed. For information, NHS Supply Chain’s recent annual
requirement for products within this range has been in excess of (state
figure) GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: This framework agreement will have the
option to extend for a maximum of 24 months in addition to the initial 2
year period upon review.
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: 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 Main 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 http://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 Support@intenda.uk.com.
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: Open.
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: Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
26.8.2009 - 15:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
tender: Duration in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 27.8.2009 - 09:00.
Place: As in abovementioned I.1.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Only the NHS Supply Chain contract owner or delegate.
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 Framework Agreement will be between NHS
Supply Chain and the Supplier, however 1) NHS Supply Chain; 2) any NHS
Trust; 3) any other NHS entity; 4) any government department, agency or
other statutory body and/or 5) any private sector entity active in the UK
healthcare sector will be able to enter into a direct contract with the
Supplier for any of the supplies and/or services under the Framework.
The Supplier will be required to report to and pay a direct contract
management fee to NHS Supply Chain as detailed in the tender documents.
Direct Contract Services. As set out in the tender documents. The
Framework Agreement between NHS Supply Chain and the successful suppliers
will reserve the right to purchase the same or similar supplies and/or
services from suppliers not appointed to the Framework Agreement at its
sole discretion.
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 NHS Supply Chain’s eTendering
portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ using the Message Centre
facility linked to this particular contract notice.
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.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Any appeals under this process should be addressed to the
contact in point I.1.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 16.7.2009.


NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority, NHS
Supply Chain Foxbridge Way, West Yorkshire, attn: Lydia Hillman, UK-WF6
1TL Normanton. Tel. +44 7771345070. E-mail:
lydia.hillman@supplychain.nhs.uk. Fax +44 1924328744.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 18.7.2009,
2009/S 136-199112)
RE: CPV: 50420000.
Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment.
Instead of: IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to
participate: 26.8.2009 - 15:00.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: 27.8.2009 - 9:00.
Read: IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to
participate: 4.9.2009 - 15:00.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: 7.9.2009 - 9:00.


NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority, NHS
Supply Chain Foxbridge Way, West Yorkshire, attn: Lydia Hillman, UK-WF6
1TL Normanton. Tel. +44 7771345070. E-mail:
lydia.hillman@supplychain.nhs.uk. Fax +44 1924328744.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 18.7.2009,
2009/S 136-199112)
RE: CPV: 50420000.
Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment.
Instead of: IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to
participate: 4.9.2009 (15:00)
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 7.9.2009 (09:00)
Read: IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to
participate: 16.9.2009 (15:00)
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 17.9.2009 (09:00)
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