UK-Oxford: operating-theatre devices

Request For Proposals

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

OXFORD

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:49193-2010

Publication Date:

Feb 18, 2010

Deadline:

Mar 23, 2010

Buyer:

OXFORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Original Language:

English

Address:

OXFORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
OXFORD, Oxfordshire
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.oxfordradcliffe.nhs.uk

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Notice Type: 2120 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 34/2010, #49193-2010
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial 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): Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS
Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Attn: Mathew
Edwards or Alina Tagg, Oxford OX3 9DU, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1865225496
/ 1865225133. E-mail: mathew.edwards@orh.nhs.uk. Fax +44 1865226043.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.oxfordradcliffe.nhs.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.oxfordradcliffe.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: eTender website as
below. URL: www.po-cure.bravosolution.co.uk.
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: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Supply, installation and maintenance of Neuro and ENT surgical drill
systems including associated consumables.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
A combination of purchase, lease, rental and hire purchase.
Main place of delivery: John Radcliffe Hospital.
NUTS code: UKJ14.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Supply,
installation and maintenance of Neuro and ENT surgical drill systems
including associated consumables.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 33162100 - LA42, 33162200,
33141000, 50422000.
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: The following is the envisaged scope of
this contract subject to future developments in the specialilties of ENT
and Neuro surgery.
Lot 1: ENT - major ears: including mastoid explorations, combined approach
tympanoplasty 1, combined approach tympanoplasty 2 and meatoplasty.
Lot 2: NEURO - BBS, biopsy, twist drill, ICP insertion, craniotomy,
laminectomies - cervical, thoracic and lumbar, ACD, transphernoidal
hypophysectomy, accoustic neuroma, shunt insertion and transthoracic
laminectomy.
The contract shall cover the supply and installation of the equipment
along with provision for the supply of maintenance and consumables for the
life of the equipment in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Supply, installation and maintenance of ENT surgical drill systems,
including associated consumables
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Supply, installation and maintenance of ENT
surgical drill systems, including associated consumables.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 33162100 - LA42, 33162200,
33141000, 50422000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: The following is the envisaged scope of this
contract subject to future developments in the specialilties of ENT
surgery.
ENT - Major Ears: including mastoid explorations, combined approach
Tympanoplasty 1, combined approach Tympanoplasty 2 and Meatoplasty.
The contract shall cover the supply and installation of the equipment
along with provision for the supply of maintenance and consumables for the
life of the equipment in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: The Contracting Authority intends
to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the
right to use a reverse auction.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: Supply, installation and maintenance of neuro surgical drill
systems including associated consumables.
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Supply, installation and maintenance of neuro
surgical drill systems including associated consumables.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 33162100 - LA42, 50422000,
33141000, 33162200.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: The following is the envisaged scope of this
contract subject to future developments in the specialilties of Neuro
surgery.
NEURO - BBS, biopsy, twist drill, ICP insertion, craniotomy, laminectomies
- cervical, thoracic and lumbar, ACD, transphernoidal hypophysectomy,
accoustic neuroma, shunt insertion and transthoracic laminectomy.
The contract shall cover the supply and installation of the equipment
along with provision for the supply of maintenance and consumables for the
life of the equipment in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: The Contracting Authority intends
to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the
right to use a reverse auction.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: None.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See tender documents
where applicable.
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.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
NHS Conditions of Contract shall apply. All other terms (mainly
operational in nature) to be agreed through the tender process and
detailed in writing in the contract.
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: Suppliers
Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required
once) - browse to the eSourcing Portal:
https://pro-cure.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register -
accept the terms and conditions and click "continue" - Enter your correct
business and user details - note the username you chose and click "Save"
when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique
password (please keep this secure)
2. Express an interest in the tender - login to the portal with the
username/password - Click the "PQQs / ITTs open to all suppliers" link.
(These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open
to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the
content - click the "express interest" button in the "actions" box on the
left-hand side of the page - this will move the PQQ /ITT into your "My
PQQs/ My ITTs" page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects
only) - you can now access any attachments by clicking the "Settings and
Buyer Attachments" in the "Actions" box
3. Responding to the tender - You can now choose to "Reply" or "Reject"
(please give a reason if rejecting) - you can now use the ‘Messages’
function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - note
the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to
complete the PQQ/ ITT - there may be a mixture of online and offline
actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You
must then publish your reply using the publish button. If you require any
further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the
eTendering help desk.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: a) The audited accounts
of the supplier for the last three years
b) Appropriate statements from the supplier's bankers
c) Statements of the Supplier's overall turnover and turnover on like
contracts for the three previous financial years
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Evidence that the
economic operator has the financial capacity to sustain the requirements
of a contract, if awarded.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
a) A list including description of similar contracts won and their value
to public and private healthcare organisations for the past 3 years
b) A description of the supplier's technical facilities and measures for
ensuring quality control including reference to any independent certified
audit standards achieved.
c) Proof that none of the circumstances set out in article 29 of Directive
92/50/EEC or Article 20 of Directive 93/36/EEC applies to the supplier
d) A brief description of the goods to be provided and the supplier's
servicing facilities to be offered.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
The economic operator is considered by the Authority to be able to supply
equipment, goods and services that are notified in this document.
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 5-8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Must
meet requirements stated in Section III.1.1 through III.2.4.
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:
Project reference: 17959 and tender reference: 10/226.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
23.3.2010.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 30.3.2010.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Persons authorised to be present
at the opening of tenders: no.
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 Contracting Authority intends to use an
eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to
use a reverse auction.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: A minimum of a 10 calendar day standstill period will be
incorporated at the point information on the award of contract is
communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to
seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract
is entered into. Applicants have two working days from the notification of
the award decision to request additional debriefing, and that information
has to be provided a minimum of three working days before the expiry of
the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested via
the Bravo eTendering system using the messaging facility within the
appropriate ITT.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for
aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach
of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern
Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3
months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order
the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend
any document, and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into
the Court may only award damages. [The purpose of the standstill period
referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside
the award decision before the contract is entered into].
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 12.2.2010.

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