UK-Oxford: laboratory glassware

Request For Proposals

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

OXFORD

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:54052-2010

Publication Date:

Feb 23, 2010

Deadline:

Mar 22, 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: 37/2010, #54052-2010
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, Procurement & Supplies, Churchill Hospital Old Road Headington,
Attn: Steve Moody, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1865226528.
E-mail: stephen.moody@orh.nhs.uk. Fax +44 1865225623.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: 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:
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 of laboratory plastics, glassware and consumable items.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: Oxford / Banbury.
NUTS code: UKJ14.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The supply of
laboratory plastics glassware and ad hoc laboratory consumable items to
laboratory users on one or more sites within the Oxford Radcliffe
Hospitals NHS Trust.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 33793000, 19520000.
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: Supply of laboratory plastics, glassware
& ad hoc consumable items.
The contract may be let to more than one supplier.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Laboratory glassware
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 33793000.
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.
TITLE: Laboratory plastics
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 19520000.
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: See tender documentation.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See tender
documentation.
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.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
NHS terms and conditions of contract shall apply.
Expressions of interest and submission of tenders must be made through our
e-tender system hosted by Procure BravoSolutions.
Your attention is drawn to the conditions for participation section below;
companies who do not provide this initial information will not be invited
to tender.
Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administered
by the court, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is
in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national
laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order for compulsory winding-up or administration by the court or for an
arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar
proceedings under national laws or regulations;
(c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct
by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means
which the contracting authorities can justify.
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 & 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: Provision of 2 years
audited accounts including balance sheet and specific turnover in respect
of services required herewith.
The information is to be submitted by completeting and returning the form
available on the e-tender portal.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: The financial capacity
necessary to sustain this contract.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
a) A list of the principal services effected in the past 3 years, with the
sums, dates and recipients, public or private, involved:
(b) a description of the firm's quality control arrangements including
certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies
of recognized competence attesting conformity to certain specifications or
standards of services clearly identified by references to specifications
or standards. Details of production capabilities, storage and
distribution.
The information is to be submitted by completeting and returning the form
available on the e-tender portal.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Proven capability to provide the products & services required.
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 minimum number: 6. Maximum number: 12
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: A
pre-qualification questionnaire shall be issued if expressions of interest
exceed the maximum number.
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.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
ORH ref 10/227
Procure Bravo Project ref 17969.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
22.3.2010 - 13:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Place: Oxford.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 3 years.
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: Information on the award of contract is communicated to
tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further
debriefing from Pro-cure and re:source Collaborative Procurement Hubs
before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from
the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing,
and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 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: 18.2.2010.

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