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Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   SHEFFIELD
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:65215-2010
Publication Date:   Jul 28, 2010
Deadline:   Apr 1, 2010
Buyer:   YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENT COLLABORATIVE PROVIDERS
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENT COLLABORATIVE PROVIDERS
SHEFFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom

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: 44/2010, #65215-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Jul 28, 2010


Notice type: 013EC - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 144/2010, #221037-2010
Referenced Document Number: 65215-2010
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): Yorkshire and the Humber
Commercial Procurement Collaborative Providers, Don Valley House. Savile
Street East, Attn: Kath Firth, Sheffield S4 7UQ, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44
1142264575. E-mail: clinical@yorksandhumber.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: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Regional innovation service.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 11.
Main place of performance: Various NHS organisations within Yorkshire and
the Humber region.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Duration of the framework
agreement: Duration in months: 24.
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 950 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): To provide
professional guidance and support to NHS organisations within Yorkshire
and the Humber to promote the development and widespread adoption of
innovative ideas from within the NHS to improve the quality and cost of
health care through the:
— promotion, evaluation and commercialisation of innovative ideas,
— IP policy and advice,
— confidential appraisal of innovation ideas,
— feasibility studies, business cases,
— proof of concept funding,
— idea development,
— support translational research and development in the region to promote
invention, evaluation, adoption and spread of innovations through
partnership working with the Clinical Leadership Research Networks
(CLRNs), the Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC) and the two
local Collaborative for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care
(CLAHRCs),
— commercial exploitation,
— post deal management of licence and IP portfolio,
— general commercial advice to NHS senior management teams,
— formation of NHS Spin out companies,
— systematic adoption and spread of innovations across the region and
beyond,
— the assessment, project management and marketing of Regional Innovation
Fund projects,
— sourcing examples of high impact innovations for adoption and spread
across the region in line with key strategic priorities e.g. operating
framework priorities, delivering healthy ambitions etc,
— recognising and rewarding innovators through a regional showcase scheme
and annual innovation awards programme,
— The publication of a regional innovation newsletter and partnership
working with SHA communications team in ensuring local and media coverage
of innovations in the region.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73000000, 79000000 - UB07.
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.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: Not applicable.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: 30 days nett.
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: 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: 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://yhcpc.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 in the "actions" box on the
left-hand side of the page. 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: Completion of attached
pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Completion of attached pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
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
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: See PQQ.
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 no.
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:
00300/YHCPC/KF.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents
or for accessing documents: 26.3.2010 - 17:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
1.4.2010 - 17:00.
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 month(s): 3 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 13.5.2010 - 17:00.
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: 24 months.
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: This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day
standstill period at the point information on the award of the 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 notification of the
award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has
to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill
period. Such additional information should be requested from the address
in section 1.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
resolved the (for Public Sector) 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 settling 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.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 2.3.2010.


Yorkshire and the Humber Commercial Procurement Collaborative Providers,
Don Valley House. Savile Street East, attn: Kath Firth, UNITED KINGDOM-S4
7UQSheffield. Tel. +44 1142264575. E-mail: clinical@yorksandhumber.nhs.uk.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 4.3.2010,
2010/S 44-065215)Incomplete procedureThe awarding procedure has been
discontinued.
Other additional information
Due to adverse recent circumstances we have taken the decision to cancel
this procurement exercise and will not be awarding a contract in relation
to this opportunity.
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