Tender: UK-Durham: stationery

UK-Durham: stationery

2010/S 133-204466

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• I.1)
  NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: County Durham Procurement Consortium
  University Hospital of North Durham, North Road
  Linzi Davis
  DH1 5TWDurham
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1913332097
  linzi.davis@cddft.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

  Regional or local authority

  Health

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

  TA10/29 specialist stationery incorporating specimen/test bags.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

II.1.3)
The notice involves

II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement

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

  To supply and deliver specialist stationery incorportaing specimen/test bags on behalf of County Durham Procurement Consortium for up to 36 months. This contract may be utilised by organisations aligned to County Durham Procurement Consortium and NEP Shared Systems Group; also at the discretion of County Durham Procurement Consortium and NEP Shared Systems Group this could include other NHS Bodies (whether acting individually, or on behalf of or together as members of any consortia now or in the future) along with any other NHS bodies which County Durham Procurement Consortium and NEP Shared Systems Group deems necessary now or in the future for the delivery of Specialist Stationery incorporating Specimen/Test Bags to NHS bodies, local authorities, other government departments or non-departmental public bodies charged with the delivery of healthcare or health related services.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  30192700 - TA17 - TA31, 30199000, 22800000

• 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

  No

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: 36 (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

  Appropriate statement from bankers.

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

  No special form is required, but each supplier will be required to become jointly and severally responsible for the contract before acceptance.

III.1.4)
Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

• 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: Any supplier may be disqualified who:

  a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administrated by the court, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

  b) is subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, or an order for compulsary winding-up or administartion by the court or an arrangement with creditors or is subject of any similar proceedings under national law or regulations.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: — the submissions of the companies balance sheets or extracts there from, where publications of a balance sheet is required under company law in which the supplier is established,

  — a statement of the companys overall turnover and its turnover in respect of the goods to which the contract related for the previous 3 financial years.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Health and safety and environemental policies - appropriate licenses.

III.2.4)
Reserved contracts

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

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

  TA10/29

• IV.3.2)
  Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

  No

IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

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

  19.8.2010

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

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:

  8.7.2010