Tender: UK-Birmingham: food, beverages, tobacco and related products

UK-Birmingham: food, beverages, tobacco and related products

2010/S 142-218893

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: E-mail: Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
  Procurement Department, Devon House, Bordesley
  Richard Cole
  B9 5SSBirmingham
  UNITED KINGDOM
  richard.cole@heartofengland.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

  National or federal agency/office

  Health

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

  Ovenable containers.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

  Main place of delivery Solihull Hospital.

  Lode Lane.

  Solihull.

  West Midlands.

  B91 2JL.

II.1.3)
The notice involves

II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement

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

  Solihull Hospital, one of the hospitals within the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has a recently refurbished Central Processing Unit for a Cook Chill meals service. This covers the hospital sites within the Trust and a small customer base with other Trusts. Following the upgrade of the CPU, it is the intention of the Trust to expand their customer base to other Trusts.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  15000000

• II.1.7)
  Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  Yes

II.1.8)
Division into lots

• II.1.9)
  Variants will be accepted

  No

• II.2)
  QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
• II.2.1)
  Total quantity or scope

  Excluding VAT 500 000 GBP

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

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

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: 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://heartofengland.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 and 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

III.2.3)
Technical capacity

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

  Envisaged number of operators 6

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 below

  1. Price

  2. Quality

  3. Delivery performance

  4. Risk

  5. Overall cost effectiveness

IV.2.2)
An electronic auction will be used

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)
  File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

  1543

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

• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 27.8.2010 - 12:00

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

  20.8.2010 - 15:00

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

  The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.

  I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): Telephone / Fax: see portal.

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:

  21.7.2010