UK-London: ambulance services

Request For Proposals

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

LONDON

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:321783-2009

Publication Date:

Dec 5, 2009

Deadline:

Dec 20, 2009

Buyer:

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST

Original Language:

English

Address:

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
LONDON, Inner London - West
United Kingdom

Email:

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Notice Type: 22M0 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 224/2009, #321783-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Update: Dec 4, 2009

Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 234/2009, #333534-2009
Referenced Document Number: 321783-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Update: Dec 5, 2009

Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 235/2009, #335399-2009
Referenced Document Number: 321783-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial 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): Imperial College Healthcare
NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital Purchasing Department 1st Flr Acrow East,
South Wharf Road, Paddington, Attn: Tim Smith, UK-London W2 1NY. Tel. +44
2078861860. E-mail: tim.smith@imperial.nhs.uk. Fax +44 2078866810.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.imperial.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:
Body governed by public law.
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:
OJEU/22/09 - Non emergency patient (and other) transport services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 2.
Main place of performance: London West.
NUTS code: UKI11.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Imperial
College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking expressions of interest for the
provision of transport services set out below. The Contract will cover the
services of the Trust and allied services of its primary care customers.
The services are varied and complex and the Trust will develop the most
appropriate methods of delivery and commercial risk share with the bidders
through the dialogue process. The contract period will be subject value
for money assessments but it is envisaged that it will be 5 years with the
option to extend up to a maximum of seven years.
Patient Transport Services: This is the movement of patients to and from
sites of treatment and/or care. These are non emergency patient transport
services.
Sample Transport: The Trust is also seeking solutions for the movement of
samples and documents, for example to GP services.
Hopper Bus Services: These are to cover timetabled runs between premises.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85143000, 60000000,
64120000, 60172000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: 3 years Primary term with the option to
extend for 2 x 1 year periods at the sole discretion tof the awarding
authority.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: 2 x 1 year extensions at the sole discretion
of the awarding authority
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 36 (from
the award of the contract).
Number of possible renewals: Range: between 1 and 2
in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated
timeframe for subsequent contracts: in months: 36 (from the award of the
contract).
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.11.2010. Completion: 31.10.2015.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Non Emergency Patient Transport
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: The provision of Non Emergency Patient Transport.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 34114122, 64120000.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: Transport requirements excluding Emergency Patient Transport
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: The provision of the Authorities transport
requirements excluding Non Emergency Patient Transport as in Lot 1. For
example the movement of samples and specimens and the movement of staff
from site-to-site.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 34114122, 64120000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Deposits and guarantees may be
required.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: To be advised in
PQQ, ICD, or Invitation to submit final offer documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint and several liability. If a
contract is awarded to a consortium, applicants will be required to
nominate a lead service provider with whom the awarding authority can
contract, or form themselves into a single legal entity before the
contract is awarded. The awarding authority may award more than 1 contract
and these may be for all, or part only, of the services/products required.
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: To be
advised in the PQQ, ICD, ISFO or other tender documents.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: — Statements of overall
turnover and turnover in respect of the specific products offered in
connection with the proposed contract for the previous 3 financial years,
— Last published annual report and accounts, or where not available,
equivalent information required under the law of the Member State where
the organisation is established,
— Company registration number and address,
— VAT registration number,
— Details of parent company, and other group companies if applicable.
Note: financial stability information does not need to be provided if it
has already been submitted to the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency's "NHS
Supplier Information Database - NHS-sid" or to the Trust within the last 6
months. The date on which that information was supplied should be given.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
) A list of major contracts won, and their value, in the last 3 years;
(ii) A description of the supplier's technical facilities and measures for
controlling quality, including reference to any independently certified
audit standard achieved;
(iii) If necessary a check may be made by the contracting authority, or a
competent official body in the supplier's country of origin acting on
their behalf on production capacities and quality-control measures.
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: Competitive dialogue.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The
Trust reserves the right to limit the number of candidates by way of
Pre-qualifying-questionnaire, ICD, ISFO or other objective criteria
throughout the process.
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.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
OJEU/22/09.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
20.12.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 21.12.2009.
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: 2015, 2016, 2017
Dependant on the Trust exercising its rights to extend.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Tenders and all supporting documentation
must be priced in sterling and all payments will be made in sterling.
Expressions of interest which are submitted without the information
requested may not be considered. The awarding authority reserves the right
not to proceed with the process at any stage of the procurement process
and shall not be responsible for any abortive bid costs incurred.
Suppliers should register and submit their supplier profile on NHS-sid at
www.pasa.nhs.uk/sid.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 18.11.2009.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital Purchasing
Department 1st Flr Acrow East, South Wharf Road, Paddington, attn: Tim
Smith, UK-W2 1NY London. Tel. +44 2078861860. E-mail:
tim.smith@imperial.nhs.uk. Fax +44 2078866810.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 20.11.2009,
2009/S 224-321783)
RE: CPV: 85143000, 60000000, 64120000, 60172000, 34114122.
Ambulance services.
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Courier services.
Instead of: II.2) Quantity or Scope of the contract
Total Quantity or Scope:
3 years primary term with the option to extend for 2 x 1 year periods at
the sole discretion of the awarding Authority
Read: II.2) Quantity or Scope of the contract
Total Quantity or Scope:
5 years primary term with the option to extend for 2 x 1 year periods at
the sole discretion of the awarding Authority

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital Purchasing
Department 1st Flr Acrow East, South Wharf Road, Paddington, attn: Tim
Smith, UK-W2 1NY London. Tel. +44 2078861860. E-mail:
tim.smith@imperial.nhs.uk. Fax +44 2078866810.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 20.11.2009,
2009/S 224-321783)
RE: CPV: 85143000, 60000000, 64120000, 60172000, 34114122.
Ambulance services.
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Courier services.
Instead of: II.2.2) Options:
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated
timeframe for subsequent contracts; in months.
36 (from the award of contract)
Read: II.2.2) Options:
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated
timeframe for subsequent contracts; in months.
60 (from the commencement of contract)

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