UK-Normanton: food, beverages, tobacco and related products

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   NORMANTON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:313149-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 11, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 22, 2009
Buyer:   NHS SUPPLY CHAIN
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   NHS SUPPLY CHAIN
NORMANTON , UNITED KINGDOM  
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.supplychain.nhs.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2110 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 217/2009, #313149-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): NHS Supply Chain, NHS Supply
Chain Foxbridge Way Normanton West Yorkshire, Attn: Joanne Smith,
UK-Normanton WF6 1TL. Tel. +44 1924328840. E-mail:
Joanne.smith@supplychain.nhs.uk. Fax +44 1924328744.
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: NHS Supply Chain, NHS Supply Chain
Foxbridge Way Normanton West Yorkshire, UK-West Yorkshire.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
NHS Supply Chain, NHS Supply Chain Foxbridge Way Normanton West Yorkshire,
UK-West Yorkshire.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: NHS Supply Chain, NHS
Supply Chain Foxbridge Way Normanton West Yorkshire, UK-West Yorkshire.
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:
Ambient Rice.
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 UK.
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:
Range: between 2 272 000 and 2 600 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Ambient Rice.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 15000000, 15614000,
15614100.
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 2 272 000 GBP to 2 600
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.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 272 000 and 2 600 000 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 two
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: 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 Main 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 +44 8454687877 or
http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: 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:
22.12.2009 - 16:00.
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: 22.12.2009 - 17:00.
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 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.
NHS Supply Chain intends to enter into arrangements under which it will be
entitled to purchase supplies and/or services which it may make available
for purchase by 1) any NHS Trust; 2) any other NHS entity; 3) any
government department, agency or other statutory body and/or 4) any
private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector. Only NHS Supply
Chain can order from the Framework Agreement and enter into contracts
under it.
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: 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: 9.11.2009.
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