Tender: UK-Isle of Lewis: medical equipments

UK-Isle of Lewis: medical equipments

2010/S 172-263431

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax NHS Western Isles
  37 South Beach Street, Stornoway
  Procurement
  Jenny Paterson
  HS1 2BBIsle of Lewis
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1312756662
  jenniferpaterson@nhs.net
  +44 1313140727

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority http://www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk/

  Address of the buyer profile http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx...

  Further information can be obtained at:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Internet: NSS Health Facilities Scotland
  Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent
  Procurement
  Jenny Paterson
  EH12 9EBEdinburgh
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1312756662
  jenniferpaterson@nhs.net
  +44 1313140727
  http://www.hfs.scot.nhs.uk

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Internet: NSS Health Facilities Scotland
  Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent
  Procurement
  Jenny Paterson
  EH12 9EBEdinburgh
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1312756662
  jenniferpaterson@nhs.net
  +44 1313140727
  http://www.hfs.scot.nhs.uk

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Internet: NSS Health Facilities Scotland
  Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent
  Procurement
  Jenny Paterson
  EH12 9EBEdinburgh
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1312756662
  jenniferpaterson@nhs.net
  +44 1313140727
  http://www.hfs.scot.nhs.uk

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

  Body governed by public law

  Health

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

  SLA/P018 NHS Western Isles - Phantom Head Equipment.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

  Main place of delivery NHS Western Isles.

  NUTS code UKM64

• 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)

  NHS Western Isles is tendering for the supply and installation of dental phantom head equipment for the Clinical Skills Centre in the new Teach and Treat Dental Centre, located in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

  Equipment package will comprise of simulators, demonstration unit, compressor, all cabinets including sink, drawers, cupboards etc plus associated audio visual equipment. The supplier will be expected to act as the prime contractor for delivery and installation of the full solution required.

  Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest through the Public Contracts Scotland website (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk) and click the link to register.

  Once expressions of interest have been received Invitations to Tender will be issued via the NHS Scotland e-tendering system (Verticalnet) with the instructions for accessing the system.

  Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=1....

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  33100000, 32321200

• 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

  Yes

• II.2)
  QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
• II.2.1)
  Total quantity or scope

  Equipment package will typically comprise of simulators, demonstration unit, compressor, all cabinets including sink, drawers, cupboards etc plus associated audio visual equipment.

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• III.1)
  CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT

III.1.1)
Deposits and guarantees required

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

• 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: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the 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 any analgous 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 judgement 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 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 Article2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity assurance;

  (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 three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as these turnovers is available.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  (1) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  (a) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;

  (b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three 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, the the purchasers certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;

  (c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and in the case of public works contracts, those upon whon the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;

  (d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's study and research facilities;

  (e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to the body's agreement, on the production capabilities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate.

III.2.4)
Reserved contracts

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

  Accelerated restricted

  Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: Urgent operational requirement.

• IV.1.2)
  Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

  Envisaged number of operators 5

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

  SLA/P018

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

IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

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

  20.9.2010 - 12:00

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

  4.10.2010

• 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

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1)
THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

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

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  (SC Ref:191324)

• 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 Authority will notify economic operators who submitted a tender or (where no deselection notification has previously been made) applied to be selected to tender, of its decision to award the contract which notifcation will contain among other information, a summary of the reasons why the economic operator was unsuccessful. The notification will incorporate a 'standstill period' of a minimum of 10 clear calendar days (or a minimum of 15 if the communication method used is not electronic) between the date on which the Authority despatches the notice and the date on which the Authority proposes to conclude the relevant contract.

  The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority during the standstill period will automatically continue the prohibition on entering into the contract until the court proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of, or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The remedies that may be awarded by the courts before the contract has been entered into include the setting aside of the decision to award the contract to the winning tenderer. The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the contract has been entered into will not affect the contract unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the contract has been entered into are limited to the award of damages. Economic operators are entitled to write to the Authority after receipt of the notification should they require further clarification. The Authority will respond within 15 days of such a written request, but it should be noted that receipt by the Authority of such request during the standstill period may not prevent the Authority from awarding the contract following the expiry of the standstill period.

  Where an economic operator is dissatisfied with the Authority’s response to its request for clarification, or considers that the contract has been concluded in breach of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006, such economic operator is advised to promptly seek independent legal advice.

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

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

  3.9.2010