Tender: UK-Warrington: health services

UK-Warrington: health services

2010/S 146-226137

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Warrington Primary Care Trust
  C/O Warrington Borough Council, Commissioning & Procurement, Bewsey Old School, Lockton Lane
  Phill O'Connor
  WA5 0BSWarrington
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1925443905
  centralprocurement@warrington.gov.uk

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.warrington-pct.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

  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

  Psychological therapies service.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 24

  Main place of performance Warrington.

  NUTS code UKD21

• 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 provision of psychological services. The service will utilise psychologically based interventions and approaches and will include a range of workers with the skills to provide short and medium term interventions. The approach should be in line with the stepped care model for mental health services as recommended by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). The service will be in line with the Department of Health Improving Access to Psychological Therapies. It is likely that there will be a TUPE transfer of NHS staff. The initial contract will be for a three year period (subject to funding availability) with options to extend the contract by a further two periods of one year. It is anticipated that the service will cost between 1 100 000 GBP and 1 250 000 GBP per annum.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  85100000, 85121270

• 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

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 3 300 000 and 6 250 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

• 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

  As stated in the tender documents.

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

  As stated in the 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.

• 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: As stated in the tender documents.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Completion of a pre qualification questionnaire included in the tender documents.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required Completion of the qualification questionnaire above.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Completion of the questionnaire in III.2.2 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

  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

  pct/psych/10

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

  No

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

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 22.9.2010

  Payable documents No

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

  24.9.2010 - 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 month(s): 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

• IV.3.8)
  Conditions for opening tenders

  Date: 24.9.2010 - 14:00

  Place

  New Town House, Buttermarket street, Warrington.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No

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

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:

  28.7.2010