SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME,
ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business
Services Authority
Foxbridge Way, West Yorkshire
Attn: Lindsay Baker
WF6 1TL Normanton
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1924328702
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1924328847
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
www.supplychain.nhs.uk
Further information can be obtained at: NHS Supply Chain acting
as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
Foxbridge Way, West Yorkshire
Attn: Lindsay Baker
WF6 1TL Normanton
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1924328702
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1924328847
Internet:
www.supplychain.nhs.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained
at: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services
Authority
Foxbridge Way, West Yorkshire
Attn: Lindsay Baker
WF6 1TL Normanton
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1924328702
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1924328847
Internet:
www.supplychain.nhs.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: NHS Supply
Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
Foxbridge Way, West Yorkshire
Attn: Lindsay Baker
WF6 1TL Normanton
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1924328702
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1924328847
Internet:
www.supplychain.nhs.uk
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
Hot beverages – patient feed/back of house.
II.1.2)
Type of
contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
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
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement
envisaged 10
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 2
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement
estimated cost excluding VAT 10 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)
Short
description of the contract or purchase(s)
Hot beverages - various range for use in patient feed and back of
house.
II.1.6)
Common
procurement vocabulary (CPV)
15860000,
15861000, 15863000, 15840000
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 10 000 000 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.
II.2.2)
Options
Yes
description of these options: This framework agreement will have
the option to extend for up to a further 24 months in addition to the
initial 2 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
Parent company or other guarantees may be required in certain
circumstances. Further details will be in the contract 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 1 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: 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.2.2)
Economic
and financial capacity
III.2.3)
Technical
capacity
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
III.3.2)
Legal
entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of
the staff responsible for the execution of the service
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1)
TYPE OF
PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)
Type of
procedure
Open
IV.1.2)
Limitations
on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to
participate
IV.1.3)
Reduction
of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
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.3.1)
File
reference number attributed by the contracting authority
IV.3.2)
Previous
publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)
Conditions
for obtaining specifications and additional documents
IV.3.4)
Time-limit
for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
1.7.2010 - 16:00
IV.3.5)
Date of
dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected
candidates
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 120 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)
Conditions
for opening tenders
Date: 2.7.2010 - 09:00
Place
As in above mentioned I.1.
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
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.
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 subject matter of the
contract by alternative means if it appears that it 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 co.
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: Any
appeals under this process should be addressed to the contact in point
I.1.
VI.4.3)
Service
from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)
DATE OF
DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
1.6.2010