UK-Middlesbrough: medical equipments

I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

For the attention of: Andrea Allan
Contact: Procurement
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 1642850850
Fax: +44 1642854936

Internet address(es):

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0653

Further information can be obtained from:

For the attention of: Andrea Allan
Contact: Procurement
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 1642850850
Fax: +44 1642854936

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:

For the attention of: Andrea Allan
Contact: Procurement
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 1642850850
Fax: +44 1642854936

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

For the attention of: Andrea Allan
Contact: Porcurement
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 1642850850
Fax: +44 1642854936
I.2) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3) Main activity

Health
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

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:
  
  Provision of a managed service for beds and patient surface area equipment.
- II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
  
  Supplies
  
  A combination of these
  
  Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: North East of England.
  
  NUTS code UKC
- II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
  
  The notice involves a public contract
- II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
  
  Not provided
- II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
  
  South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley serving the people of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Hambleton and Richmondshire and beyond.
  
  We pride ourselves on patients receiving high quality, safe and efficient healthcare thanks to the hard work and dedication of our staff.
  
  The trust runs The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and the Friarage Hospital in.
  
  Northallerton providing district general hospital services for: around 278 000 people living in Middlesbrough and the local authority area of Redcar and Cleveland 138 600 people in an area stretching from the North Yorkshire Moors to the central Pennines, the borders of York District in the south and the borders of Darlington in the north.
  
  We also welcomed community services from Hambleton, Richmondshire, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland into the trust in April 2011 including services at:
  
  Redcar Primary Care Hospital.
  
  Guisborough Primary Care Hospital.
  
  Carter Bequest Hospital in Middlesbrough.
  
  East Cleveland Primary Care Hospital in Brotton.
  
  The Rutson Rehabilitation Unit in Northallerton.
  
  Friary Community Hospital in Richmond.
  
  Lambert Memorial Community Hospital in Thirsk.
  
  Our workforce of almost 9 000 (including community services) also provides a range of specialist regional services to 1.5 million people in the Tees Valley and parts of Durham, North Yorkshire and Cumbria, with a particular expertise in heart disease, trauma, neurosciences, renal services, cancer services and spinal injuries.
  
  We are continuing to build on our links with the Universities of Teesside, Durham and Newcastle and have a purpose-built academic centre with medical students and nursing and midwifery students doing their clinical placements on site.
  
  The trust is also the host site for the County Durham and Tees Valley Local Clinical Research Network and a host site for the North East Research Design Service, reaffirming our commitment to training, life-long learning and research.
  
  At the Friarage Hospital, we also host the Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit, a partnership which has gone from strength to strength.
  
  The South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking expressions of interest for a Contractor to introduce and maintain the concept of a Managed Service for beds and patient surface area equipment.
  
  This service would ideally include, but is not limited to, the following pieces of equipment:
  
  Beds.
  
  Bariatric beds.
  
  Higher specification beds.
  
  Community beds.
  
  Labour suite beds.
  
  A&E, Theatre, ITU and Endoscopy trolleys.
  
  Mattresses.
  
  Birthing mattresses.
  
  Pressure relieving mattresses – medium risk.
  
  Pressure relieving mattresses – high risk.
  
  Bariatric mattresses.
  
  Static chairs (patient bedside).
  
  Pressure relieving seat cushions.
  
  Commodes.
  
  Wheelchairs.
  
  And the following requirements:
  
  Electronic asset tracking system.
  
  Staff training and education programme.
  
  Maintenance.
  
  Repair.
  
  Decontamination services.
  
  Following PQQ Evaluations short listed bidders will be required to conduct equipment audits across the Trusts sites for both acute and community. Indicative times for the audit are w/c 26th July 2012.
  
  At the ITT stage short listed bidders will be invited to submit cost effective solutions to meet the requirements of the service specification, with a view to achieving the following:-.
  
  Supply, maintenance and repair of equipment as listed above.
  
  Supply and maintenance of accessories for bed frames.
  
  Management of The Trust’s existing owned pressure relieving products and electric bed frames.
  
  Planned Preventative Maintenance and Safety Audits.
  
  Cleaning and disinfecting service with an agreed response time.
  
  Product and accessories asset movement and tracking service.
  
  Technicians to enable required response times to be met.
  
  Storage, repair and maintenance facility.
  
  Controlled usage against protocols.
  
  Education and support solution.
  
  Management of the above activities including help desk, call logging, storage, spares procurement, off site transportation, disposal, contract response time monitoring and written monthly reports.
  
  A minimum, initially, of six monthly pressure ulcer prevalence audits in conjunction with the Wound Care Service.
  
  The above is intended as an initial guide, full requirements will be detailed in the specification issued with the Invitation to Tender.
  
  To register your interest in this notice please click of the following link and follow the instructions provided.
  
  https://www.cardea.nhs.uk/Cardea/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ViewOpportunityEvent.aspx?EventID=1093
  
  For all technical queries regarding access to Cardea the Cardea Helpdesk - Tel: 01325 743993.
- II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
  
  33100000, 33192100, 33192110, 33192120, 33192130, 33192150, 33192300, 50421100, 33193120, 33193121, 33193221, 42416300, 39143112, 39512300, 39522510, 34911100
- II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
  
  The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
- II.1.8) Lots
  
  This contract is divided into lots: no
- II.1.9) Information about variants
  
  Variants will be accepted: no
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
- II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
  
  Not provided
- II.2.2) Information about options
  
  Options: no
- II.2.3) Information about renewals
  
  This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Not provided

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
- III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
  
  Please refer to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
- III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
  
  Not provided
- III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
  
  Not provided
- III.1.4) Other particular conditions
  
  The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: 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 the requirements are met: Please refer to the pre-qualification questionnaire.
- III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
  
  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to the pre-qualification questionnaire.
  
  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please refer to the pre-qualification questionnaire.
- III.2.3) Technical capacity
  
  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
  
  Please refer to the pre-qualification questionnaire.
  
  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
  
  Please refer to the pre-qualification questionnaire.
- III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts
  
  Not provided
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts
- III.3.1) Information about a particular profession
  
  Not provided
- III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service
  
  Not provided

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 5
  
  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The intension is to short list to a minimum number of 5 economic operators. Shortlisting criteria will be detailed within the pre-qualification questionnaire.
- IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
  
  Not provided
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) Information about electronic auction
  
  An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3) Administrative information
- IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
  
  SP442
- IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
  
  Not provided
- IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
  
  Not provided
- IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
  
  2.7.2012 - 12:00
- IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
  
  31.8.2012
- 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
  
  Not provided
- IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders
  
  Not provided

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

Not provided
VI.2) Information about European Union funds

Not provided
VI.3) Additional information

(MT Ref:89322).
VI.4) Procedures for appeal
- VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
  
  The South Tees NHS Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  Marton Road The James Cook University Hospital Marton Road
  Middlesbrough
  TS4 3BW
  UNITED KINGDOM
- VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
  
  Not provided
- VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
  
  Not provided
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

31.5.2012

UK-Middlesbrough: medical equipments

Summary

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

I.2) Type of the contracting authority

I.3) Main activity

I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1) Description

II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8) Lots

II.1.9) Information about variants

II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2) Information about options

II.2.3) Information about renewals

II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4) Other particular conditions

III.2) Conditions for participation

III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

III.2.3) Technical capacity

III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts

III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1) Information about a particular profession

III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Type of procedure

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

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

IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction

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 or descriptive document

IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

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

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) Information about recurrence

VI.2) Information about European Union funds

VI.3) Additional information

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:

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