Tender: UK-Edgbaston: endoscopy, endosurgery devices

UK-Edgbaston: endoscopy, endosurgery devices

2010/S 162-249693

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Tel. E-mail: Fax West Midlands Procurement Alliance
  University Hospital Birmingham, Norton Court, Metchley Road, Birmingham
  Clare Houghton
  B15 2TGEdgbaston
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1216236820
  clare.houghton@uhb.nhs.uk
  +44 1216236868

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority University Hospital Birmingham, Norton Court, Metchley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TG

  Address of the buyer profile http://uhb.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

  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

  UK-West Midlands: procurement for endoscopy consumables.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

  Main place of delivery University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

  Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust.

  Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

  Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.

  Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust.

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  The establishment of a framework agreement

• II.1.4)
  Information on framework agreement

  Framework agreement with several operators

  maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged 15

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4

  Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

  estimated cost excluding VAT 000 GBP

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

  University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, as the lead NHS Trust within the West Midlands Procurement Alliance, are seeking expressions of interest from all suitable and capable suppliers to provide Endoscopy consumables and associated support and training where required throughout the life of the framework contract to the five named Alliance NHS Trust members.

  Potential suppliers must express their interest to Clare Houghton (detailed in 1.1) and complete an issued pre qualification questionnaire before the deadline of the 29.9.2010.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  33168000

• 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

  Procurement of Endoscopy consumables and associated support and training where required throughout the life of the framework contract to the 5 named Alliance NHS Trust members.

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Starting 1.2.2011. Completion 31.1.2015

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• III.1)
  CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
• III.1.1)
  Deposits and guarantees required

  May be requested in a separate PQQ.

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

  Revenue.

• 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

• 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: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

  (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

  (c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

  (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;

  (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;

  (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;

  (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;

  (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;

  (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

  III.2.1 Candidates should register on NHS-Sid at www.nhs.pasa.uk and submit their NHS-Sid company profile for publication to the system. Candidates should ensure the sections of their NHS-Sid profile are completed to demonstrate their ability to meet the shortlisting criteria applicable to this contract. Candidates should then submit directly their NHS-Sid profile to the NHS-Sid response list number R by using the 'submit' function in their NHS-Sid account. Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must send a separate expression of interest to the contracting authority externally of NHS-Sid (by e-mail) by the closing date specified in this advertisement. Where access to NHS-Sid is unavailable, please contact the NHS-Sid helpdesk at nhssid@pasa.nhs.uk

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;

  (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.

III.2.3)
Technical capacity

• 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

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

• 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 20.9.2010 - 13:00

  Payable documents No

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

  29.9.2010 - 13:00

• IV.3.5)
  Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

  18.10.2010

• 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

  Date: 17.11.2010 - 13:00

  Place

  University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

  Trust Headquarters.

  Morris House.

  PO Box 9551, Main Drive.

  Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre.

  Edgbaston, Birmingham.

  B15 2PR.

  Birmingham.

  B15 2TG.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes

  David Burbridge.

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

  GO reference: GO 10081914/01.

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:

  19.8.2010