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Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   Ireland
City/Locality:   DUBLIN
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:303969-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 2, 2009
Deadline:   Nov 27, 2009
Buyer:   ST JAMES'S HOSPITAL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   ST JAMES'S HOSPITAL
DUBLIN, Dublin
Ireland
Web Site:   http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01465

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 211/2009, #303969-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted 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): St James's Hospital, James
Street, Contact: Materials Management, Attn: Seamus Priest, IRL-Dublin 8.
Tel. +353 14162573. Fax +353 14103450.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01465.
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.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of Healthcare Assistants.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 25.
Main place of performance: St James's Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8.
NUTS code: IE021.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): James’s
Hospital wishes to tender for the Provision of Health Care Assistants
(Herein known as HCAs) on an as required basis to the Hospital. The
Hospital invites Stage 1 proposals from suitably qualified, experienced
and accredited service providers (herein known as bidders).
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the eTenders Web Site at
http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=104725.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85100000, 85140000,
85312100.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: all lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: The Hospital will retain the preferred
provider(s) to provide services to the Hospital initially for a 6 month
period , with an option to extend for a further 6 months and 2 12 month
periods thereafter.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 6 (from
the award of the contract).
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 2
TITLE: Lot 2 Provision of Health care assistants
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Provision of HCA hours.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85100000, 85140000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: 84 000-150 000 HCA hours per annum.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: Note as the Hospital may award the
contract to one, two or three bidders the number of hours per lot will
fluctuate between 1/3 to 1/2 of the overall requirement.
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Lot1-Provision of Healthcare Assistants
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Provision of approximatly a third to a half of the
Hospitals requirement.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85100000, 85140000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Approx 84 000-150 000 hours per annum.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: Note as the Hospital may award the
contract to one, two or three bidders the number of hours per lot will
fluctuate between 1/3 to 1/2 of the overall requirement.
LOT NO 3
TITLE: Lot 3 Provision of Healthcare Assistants
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Provision of Health care asssitant hours.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85100000, 85140000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: 84 000-150 000 hours per annum.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: Note as the Hospital may award the
contract to one, two or three bidders the number of hours per lot will
fluctuate between 1/3 to 1/2 of the overall requirement.
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: The Hospital will contract only with
one legal entity.
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: (1) All
candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an
administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust
deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of
their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed
and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any
other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the
candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or
money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the
candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to
participate in this procurement process.
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal
offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave
misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which
they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade
register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in
providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not
selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a
member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are
established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the
services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or
who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the
economic operator is established.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide a reference from their bank.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance.
(3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3
previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate
and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type
to the subject matter of this notice.
(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or
extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and
managerial staff over the previous 3 years.
(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their
managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for
providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the
contract;
(3) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the
supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates
on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration
received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the
services were provided.
(4) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for
ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities;
(5) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services
provider intends possibly to subcontract
(6) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value
of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were
carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of
the trade or profession and properly completed.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
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 number of operators 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: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
27.11.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 18.12.2009.
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: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 3 years from date of
award.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (ET Ref:104725).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 29.10.2009.
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