Tender: UK-Ipswich: repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

UK-Ipswich: repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

2010/S 146-225980

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
  Procurement Department, Heath Road
  Mr Dave Mustoe - Head of Procurement
  IP4 5PDIpswich
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1473704162
  procurement.tenders@ipswichhospital.nhs.uk
  +44 1473704460

  Internet address(es)

  Address of the buyer profile http://www.ipswichhospital.nhs.uk/hospital/procurement/

  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

  Other NHS Trust

  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

  UK-Ipswich: haematology diagnostic equipment.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 1

  Main place of performance The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust - Suffolk.

  NUTS code UKH14

• 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)

  The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of a managed service contract (MSC) for a minimum period of 10 years for an automated tracked system consisting of blood cell counters, ESR analyser (or equivalent), slide maker/stainer and sample sorter for the Haematology Department at The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust. The MSC should contain the following:

  — provision to update/upgrade analysers at a maximum frequency of 5 years,

  — an option to further extend the MSC for 5 years if both parties are in agreement; and

  — options to increase the capacity of the services, which may require the installation of further Equipment at a later date,

  A full specification is included with the invitation to tender documents, which are available from the contact point set out at I.1 above. All solutions must fit within the existing footprint of the building (details of which are provided with the Invitation To Tender documents).

  Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment. Installation services of medical equipment. Diagnostics and radiodiagnostic devices and supplies. Blood-cell counters. Blood analysers. Blood-testing reagents. Medical equipments. Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment. Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment. Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  50421000, 33124000, 38434550, 33696200, 50421000, 51410000, 33100000, 38434520

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

  No

• 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

  The estimated annual contract value is 130 000 GBP (excluding VAT and options).

• II.2.2)
  Options

  Yes

  description of these options: — an option to further extend the MSC for 5 years if both parties are in agreement; and

  — options to increase the capacity of the services, which may require the installation of further equipment at a later date.

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

  Duration in months: 120 (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

  Where the economic operator has a parent company, a guarantee is required as set out in the invitation to tender documents.

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

  As set out in the invitation to tender documents.

• 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.

  The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust reserves the right to require groupings of suppliers to take a particular legal form or to require a single supplier to take primary liability or to require each party to undertake joint and several liability irrespective of the form the grouping takes.

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

  Yes

  Compliance with EU and UK legislation and policy objectives including in relation to health and safety, environmental considerations and equal opportunities.

• 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: In accordance with Articles 45 and 46 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 23 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, as set out in the invitation to tender documents available from the address in section I.1.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: A statement of the economic operators overall turnover for the previous three financial years (where such information is available) or, where such information is not available, such lesser period for which information is available. Where a parent company is providing a guarantee, the statement of turnover may include the turnover over of the parent company.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required A Tenderer may be excluded from this procurement if the estimated annual contract value (excluding VAT) referred to at section II.2.1 is more than 25 % of the economic operators annual turnover (as referred to above) averaged over the previous three year period (where such information is available) or, where such information is not available, such lesser period for which information is available.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  (b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given:

  — where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority,

  — where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;

  Not Applicable.

• 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

  Open

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

  DM-RH 2537

• 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

  21.9.2010 - 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

  Duration in days 120 (from the date stated for receipt of 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

  The duration set out at section II.3 does not include the options referred to at Sections II.2.2 and may be extended accordingly.

  GO reference: GO 10072707/01.

• 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: The Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers and candidates in accordance with Regulation 32(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (the "Regulations"). The standstill period shall be in accordance with Regulation 32A. During the standstill period, any issues relating to the award decision can be raised with the Trust.

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

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

  27.7.2010