Tender: UK-Bradford: microscopes

UK-Bradford: microscopes

2010/S 175-267518

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  Smith Lane
  Dr Rory Browne
  BD9 6RJBradford
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1274364942
  rory.browne@bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk
  +44 1274364839

  Internet address(es)

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

  Address of the buyer profile http://bradfordhospitals.g2b.info

  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-Bradford: microscopes for technical training facility.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

  Main place of delivery Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Bradford UK.

  NUTS code UKE41

• 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)

  Microscopes for technical training facility microscopes.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  38510000

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

  No

• II.1.8)
  Division into lots

  Yes

  tenders should be submitted for all lots

II.1.9)
Variants will be accepted

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

  The Trust has authority to purchase a number (between 9 and 13) of microscopes for a technical skills training facility. The microscopes will need to be suitable for ENT and ophthalmology. Some will have to be wall mountable and others on a floor stand. All the microscopes will need to be supplied with an integrated video camera.

II.2.2)
Options

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: (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.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

  (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

  Envisaged minimum number 5 maximum number 6

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

• 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

  8.10.2010 - 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

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

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  GO reference: GO 10090712/01.

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:

  7.9.2010