Tender: UK-Salford: dressings

UK-Salford: dressings

2010/S 171-262109

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax North West Collaborative Commercial Agency
  Halyard Court, Chandler's Point, 31 Broadway, Salford Quays
  June Ford
  M50 2UWSalford
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1612123708
  june.ford@nwcca.nhs.uk
  +44 1612123709

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority http://www.nwcca.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: Tel. Fax Internet: NWCCA eTendering portal: http://nwcca.eu-supply.com
  NWCCA, Halyard Court, Chandlers Point, 31 Broadway, Salford Quays
  M50 2UWSalford
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1612123708
  +44 1612123709
  http://nwcca.eu-supply.com

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Tel. Fax Internet: NWCCA eTendering portal: http://nwcca.eu-supply.com
  NWCCA, Halyard Court, Chandlers Point, 31 Broadway, Salford Quays
  M50 2UWSalford
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1612123708
  +44 1612123709
  http://nwcca.eu-supply.com

• I.2)
  TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

  Body governed by public law

  General public services

  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

  Topical Negative Pressure Wound Management Systems.

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

  Supplies

  Main place of delivery NWCCA Member Trusts in the North West of England.

• 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 4

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 3

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

  Provision of Topical Negative Pressure vacuum assisted wound management systems and accessories to North West Collaborative Commercial Agency member Trusts in the North West of England.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  33141110

• 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

  As stated in II.1.5.

• 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

  Yes, parent company guarantees, performance bonds, warranties and/or deposits may be required in certain circumstances. Details will be provided in the invitation to tender documentation.

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

  Further details will be provided 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: 1) Entering general PQQ supplier information.

  NWCCA utilizes the NHS Supplier Information Database (sid4health) to manage and assess general pre-qualification information in the form of a profile. Candidates are requested to provide their profile in sid4health as follows:

  i) Candidates should register on sid4health at http://www.sid4health.nhs.uk/home.action and submit their sid4health company profile for publication to the system. Candidates already registered on sid4health must ensure that information is up to date;

  ii) Candidates should ensure all the relevant sections of their sid4health profile are completed to demonstrate their ability to meet the short-listing criteria applicable to this contract.

  iii) Where access to sid4health is unavailable, please contact the sid4health Helpdesk at: help@sid4health.nhs.uk.

  2) Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information.

  This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NWCCA eTendering portal at https://nwcca.eu-supply.com Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NWCCA eTendering portal at https://nwcca.eu-supply.com.

  For any support in submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering Help-desk at support@eu-supply.com.

III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  As per requirements to complete sid4health profile - see III.2.1 for more information on how to complete sid4health profile.

• 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

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 minimum number 5 maximum number 10

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: All bidders exceeding the minimum threshold score of 50 % and passing all gateway questions will be invited to tender.

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

  TR-SRFT-NWCCA-243-JF

• 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

  5.10.2010 - 17:00

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

  To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://nwcca.eu-supply.com.

• 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: Restricted procedures include a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period; actioned at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to bidders. This period allows unsuccessful bidders to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.

  Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such information should be requested from the NWCCA. Appears contact as listed in sec VI.4.3. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 no 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages.

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

  E-mail: Tel. Internet: Fax North West Collaborative Commercial Agency
  Halyard Court, Chandlers Point, 31 Broadway, Salford Quays
  M50 2UWSalford
  UNITED KINGDOM
  june.ford@nwcca.nhs.uk
  +44 1612123708
  http://www.nwcca.nhs.uk
  +44 1612123709

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

  1.9.2010