Tender: Birmingham: medical breathing devices

UK-Birmingham: medical breathing devices

2009/S 196-281672

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

Address: Organisation: Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust,

Procurement Department, Devon House. Bordesley

, Attn: James Harkin, Tel./Fax: See Portal, Country code: UK-Birmingham Postal code: B9 5SS. E-mail: james.harkin@heartofengland.nhs.uk.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.heartofengland.bravosolution.co.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:

Tender for the Supply of ICU Ventilators.

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

Supplies.

Purchase.

Main place of delivery: Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust - Birmingham Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals.

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 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust is seeking competitive tenders for the supply of 9 ICU Ventilators to be sited at the Birmingham Heartlands and Good Hope Hospital sites.

The ventilators are required as a matter of urgency to back up existing equipment and maximise capacity in the event of a swine, or other type, of flu pandemic.

This procurement exercise will be conducted under the restricted accelerated procedure.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

CPV code: "Medical breathing devices">33157400 .

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

No.

II.1.8) Division into lots:
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted:
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 147 826 GBP.

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:
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: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once);

— Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://heartofengland.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register,

— Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue',

— Enter your correct business and user details,

— Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete,

— You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).

2. Express an Interest in the tender:

— Login to the portal with the username/password,

— Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier),

— Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content,

— Click the 'Express Interest' button in the 'Actions' box on the left-hand side of the page,

— This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only),

— You can now access any attachments by clicking the 'Settings and Buyer Attachments' in the 'Actions' box.

3. Responding to the tender:

— You can now choose to 'Reply' or 'Reject' (please give a reason if rejecting),

— You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification,

— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT,

— There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then publish your reply using the publish button in the 'Actions' box on the left-hand side of the page.

If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:
III.2.3) Technical capacity:
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: The Trust needs to ensure that it has the capacity to cope with an increase of seriously ill patients with breathing difficulties in the event of the predicted flu pandemic.

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:
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

1519.

IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 16.10.2009 - 12:00.

Payable documents: no.

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

16.10.2009 - 13:00.

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

16.10.2009.

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:

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.

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:

7.10.2009.