SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME,
ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust
Manor Hospital, Moat road
Contact: Mrs Jane Ashmore-Hall, Deputy Head of Procurement
WS2 9PS Walsall
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1922656352
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1922656890
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
Other NHS Trust
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
UK-Walsall: procedure packs, sterile.
II.1.2)
Type of
contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main place of delivery Walsall, West Midlands.
II.1.3)
The notice
involves
II.1.4)
Information
on framework agreement
II.1.5)
Short
description of the contract or purchase(s)
The provision of procedure packs, sterile, medical consumables.
For the period fo 24 months with the option to extend for a further 2 x
12 month periods.
II.1.6)
Common
procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)
Contract
covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
No
II.1.8)
Division
into lots
No
II.1.9)
Variants
will be accepted
II.2)
QUANTITY
OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total
quantity or scope
II.2.2)
Options
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
Requirements for deposits and guarantees, if applicable, will be
stated in the Tender documentation. This will include a parent company
in the case of subsidary companies.
III.1.2)
Main
financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the
relevant provisions regulating them
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: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his
affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into
an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business
activities or 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 of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings
under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res
judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any
offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any
means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of
social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of
the country in which he is established or with those of the country of
the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes
in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the
information required under this Section or has not supplied such
information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a
criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint
Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as
defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of
Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the
meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the
financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as
defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on
prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money
laundering.
III.2.2)
Economic
and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if
requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where
appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the
balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under
the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where
appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a
maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the
date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator
started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is
available.
III.2.3)
Technical
capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if
requirements are met:
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main
services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and
recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery
and services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a
contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or
countersigned by the competent authority, - where the recipient was a
private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this,
simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved,
whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's
undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in
the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can
call in order to carry out the work;
(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by
the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the
undertaking's study and research facilities;
(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or,
exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out
by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent
official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider
is established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production
capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service
provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are
available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;
(g) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and
only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management
measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when
performing the contract;
(i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment
available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the
contract;
(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the
services provider intends possibly to subcontract;
(k) with regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples,
descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be
certified if the contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates
drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of
recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly
identified by references to specifications or standards.
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
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
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
No
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
No
IV.3.3)
Conditions
for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Payable documents No
IV.3.4)
Time-limit
for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
9.7.2010 - 17:00
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
IV.3.8)
Conditions
for opening tenders
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)
THIS IS A
RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
VI.2)
CONTRACT
RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
GO reference: GO 10052717/01.
VI.4)
PROCEDURES
FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body
responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)
Lodging of
appeals
VI.4.3)
Service
from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)
DATE OF
DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
27.5.2010