Tender: UK-Sheffield: research and development services and related consultancy services
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UK-Sheffield: research and development services and related consultancy services
2010/S 44-065215
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).
II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Options:
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.
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:
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.
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
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.
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
