SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME,
ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Health Protection Agency
61 Colindale Avenue
Contact: Sarah Weston
NW9 5EQ London
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 2082001295
E-mail:
[email protected]
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
www.hpa.org.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
Public health microbiology service.
II.1.2)
Type of
contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category: No 25
Main place of performance London.
NUTS code UKI
II.1.3)
The notice
involves
A public contract
II.1.4)
Information
on framework agreement
II.1.5)
Short
description of the contract or purchase(s)
The requirement is for the provision of public health microbiology
services for the whole of London.
II.1.6)
Common
procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85145000, 85148000, 85111800
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
Yes
II.2)
QUANTITY
OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total
quantity or scope
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) current provides a public
health microbiology service for London through its regional laboratory
at Kings College Hospital and through a network of NHS collaborating
microbiology laboratories across London.
The requirement is to select a supplier or suppliers that, working
with the HPA, can provide all or part of the services required over a
seven (7) year term (5 years with an option to extend up to a further 2 x
one year periods). HPA is seeking bids from the market to ensure the
successful provision of the public health microbiology services for the
whole of London. The requirement is split into lots as detailed below
and the HPA may award all lots to one supplier or lots separately to one
or more suppliers.
The contract will be awarded in December 2010 to allow an
implementation period to allow for the commencement of operations which
must start on or before 1.4.2011.
Details of all the above will be included in the invitation to
participate in dialogue documentation.
II.2.2)
Options
Yes
description of these options: There will be options for the
authority to extend the contract(s) for up to 2 further periods of one
year each beyond the initial five year term of the contract(s).
II.3)
DURATION
OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 1 TITLE Public Health Microbiology Testing
1)
SHORT
DESCRIPTION
Provision of a range of public health microbiology testing and
advice to a wide range of stakeholders.
2)
COMMON
PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
85145000, 85148000, 85111800
3)
QUANTITY
OR SCOPE
Provision of a range of public health microbiology testing and
advice to a wide range of stakeholders.
4)
INDICATION
ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
Suppliers may express an interest in one or more lots.
LOT NO: 2 TITLE Outbreak Support
1)
SHORT
DESCRIPTION
Provision of a response capacity to deal with outbreak situations.
2)
COMMON
PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
85145000, 85148000, 85111800
3)
QUANTITY
OR SCOPE
Provision of a response capacity to deal with outbreak situations
including rapid molecular testing across a wide range of potential
targets. The supplier will be required to work closely with the Health
Protection Agency Health Protection Units and others to deliver key
targets.
4)
INDICATION
ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
Suppliers may express an interest in one or more lots.
LOT NO: 3 TITLE Public health microbiology
surveillance
1)
SHORT
DESCRIPTION
Contribute to local and London wide Health Protection Agency
sentinel surveillance schemes.
2)
COMMON
PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
85148000,
85145000,
85111800
3)
QUANTITY
OR SCOPE
Contribute to local and London wide Health Protection Agency
sentinel surveillance schemes.
4)
INDICATION
ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
Suppliers may express an interest in one or more lots.
LOT NO: 4 TITLE Public Health Microbiology Research
& Development
1)
SHORT
DESCRIPTION
Development and implementation of comprehensive public health
microbiology testing services.
2)
COMMON
PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
85145000, 85148000, 85111800
3)
QUANTITY
OR SCOPE
Development and implementation of comprehensive public health
microbiology testing services. Development of collaborative research
opportunities with the Health Protection Agency, NHS, academic
institutions and other partner organisations.
4)
INDICATION
ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
Suppliers may express an interest in one or more lots.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL
AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)
CONDITIONS
RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)
Deposits
and guarantees required
Any requirements will be included in the invitation to participate
in dialogue documentation.
III.1.2)
Main
financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the
relevant provisions regulating them
Any requirements will be included in the invitation to participate
in dialogue documentation.
III.1.3)
Legal form
to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is
to be awarded
The contract will be subject to English law.
III.1.4)
Other
particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is
subject
Yes
Any requirements will be included in the invitation to participate
in dialogue documentation.
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: Details will be provided in the pre-qualification
documentation.
Suppliers interested in taking part in the dialogue
must submit a prequalification questionnaire (PQQ) available from the
HPA. Suppliers wishing to obtain a copy of the PQQ should email their
business name and contact details only to:
[email protected].
III.2.2)
Economic
and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if
requirements are met: Details will be provided in the pre-qualification
documentation.
III.2.3)
Technical
capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if
requirements are met:
Details will be provided in the pre-qualification documentation.
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
No
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1)
TYPE OF
PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)
Type of
procedure
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.2)
Limitations
on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to
participate
Envisaged number of operators 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Details will be provided in the pre-qualification documentation.
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 Yes
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
HPA Tender 53-2010
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
7.6.2010 - 10:00
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
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
1: Potential suppliers will be invited to a briefing on the
requirement. This briefing will take place on either 21 or 28.6.2010.
2: Suppliers interested in taking part in the
dialogue must submit a prequalification questionnaire (PQQ) available
from the HPA. Suppliers wishing to obtain a copy of the PQQ should email
their business name and contact details only to:
[email protected]
VI.4)
PROCEDURES
FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body
responsible for appeal procedures
Health Protection Agency
61 Colindale Avenue
NW9 5EQ London
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet:
www.hpa.org.uk
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:
30.4.2010