Tender: UK-Plymouth: pharmacy services

UK-Plymouth: pharmacy services

2010/S 145-224311

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Attn: Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
  Commercial Services Department, Bircham House, William Prance Road
  https://tactica.belmin.com
  Shaun Mann
  PL6 5WRPlymouth
  UNITED KINGDOM

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority https://tactica.belmin.com

  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

  Outpatient dispensing 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 Derriford Hospital Plymouth PL6 8DH.

  NUTS code UKK41

• 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)

  Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute NHS Trust that provides both secondary and tertiary services to the population of Devon, Cornwall and parts of Somerset.

  We are looking for a progressive and innovative partner to work with the Trusts Pharmacy Department to provide an Outpatient Dispensing Service with the possibility of retail health sales including (but not limited to) over the counter and pharmacy (P) medications on site.

  The initial 12 months phase of this project will determine the viability of the service; and as such the contract may be terminated at the Trust's discretion at that point.

  It is our intention to award the contract on a seven year basis with an option to extend for up to three further years.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  85149000, 33000000, 33600000

• 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

  Refer to section II.1.5.

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 30 000 000 and 50 000 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

• II.3)
  DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

  Duration in months: 84 (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

  The Trust reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees or other forms of security.

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

  Joint and severable 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: Any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond in the requisite manner by completing the PQQ as detailed and attached within Tactica.

  The Trust utilises the NHS supplier information database (Sid4Health) to manage and assess certain pre-qualification information in the form of a profile. Suppliers are requested to provide their profile on the Sid4Health as follows:

  a) Suppliers must register on Sid4health at http://www.sid4health.nhs.uk by clicking on the Register Organisation tab and select the Supplier button. To continue with the registration process Suppliers must have a current DUNS Number. If a Supplier does not have a DUNS Number there is a link to the D&B UK website to request a DUNS Supplier Number. Suppliers who already have a published profile on Sid4Health must confirm that information is up to date;

  b) Suppliers must ensure all relevant sections of their NHS Sid4Health profile are completed to demonstrate their ability to meet the short listing criteria applicable to this contract. Where access to NHS Sid4Health is unavailable, please contact NHS Sid4Health helpdesk at help@sid4health.nhs.uk.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As per III.2.1. above.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  As per III.2.1. above.

• 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 minimum number 2 maximum number 4

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in the PQQ and/or ITT documents.

• 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

  RK9 - T10-06-01

• 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

  26.8.2010 - 12:00

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

  No

• VI.2)
  CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS

  No

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  This tender is being conducted via electronic means using the Internet. Suppliers must register their interest and respond to the OJEU notice using the link to our e-tendering portal https://tactica.belmin.com. Suppliers must click on the current opportunities button on the e-tendering site to view details of this procurement. Suppliers must use the online registration link to enter their company details. Once this screen is completed and a confirmation e mail is received then suppliers can continue to follow the on screen prompts to register their interest. Use of this e-tendering system is the only method of submitting and receiving invitations to tender.

• VI.4)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers; in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2006.

VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

• VI.5)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  26.7.2010