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Title:UK-Chester: sharps containers
Solicitation No.:254904-2010
Posted Date:Aug 27, 2010
Due Date:Oct 07, 2010
Nation:United Kingdom

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27/08/2010 S166 Member states - Supply contract - Contract notice - Open procedure

UK-Chester: sharps containers

2010/S 166-254904

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

NHS Supply Chain
NHS Supply Chain Unit 3a/4a Telford Court Chester Gates Dunkirk Trading Estate
Attn: Carol Wray
CH1 6LT Chester
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1244582826
E-mail: carol.wray@supplychain.nhs.uk
Fax +44 8706079785

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting authority www.supplychain.nhs.uk

Address of the buyer profile Blank

Further information can be obtained at: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
NHS Supply Chain Unit 3a/4a Telford Court Chester Gates Dunkirk Trading Estate
Attn: Carol Wray
CH1 6LT Chester
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1244582826
E-mail: carol.wray@supplychain.nhs.uk
Fax +44 8706079785
Internet: www.supplychain.nhs.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
NHS Supply Chain Unit 3a/4a Telford Court Chester Gates Dunkirk Trading Estate
Attn: Carol Wray
CH1 6LT Chester
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1244582826
E-mail: carol.wray@supplychain.nhs.uk
Fax +44 8706079785
Internet: www.supplychain.nhs.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
NHS Supply Chain Unit 3a/4a Telford Court Chester Gates Dunkirk Trading Estate
Attn: Carol Wray
CH1 6LT Chester
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1244582826
E-mail: carol.wray@supplychain.nhs.uk
Fax +44 8706079785
Internet: www.supplychain.nhs.uk

I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
National or federal agency/office
Health
Other None
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities Yes

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1)DESCRIPTION
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Clinical waste containers.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main place of delivery Various locations in UK.

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)The notice involves
The establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
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 58 000 000,00 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Clinical waste containers.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33141123, 33169400, 44613800

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
Precise quantities are unknown and will also depend on the number of suppliers appointed. Whilst it is anticipated that initial expenditure will be in the region of 54 000 000 GBP to 58 000 000 GBP for this contract award this is approximate only and the values will be to such level as those purchasing under the framework consider necessary to provide suitable requirements.
II.2.2)Options
No
II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Duration in months: 48 (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
Parent company or other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. Further details will be in the contract documents.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
Please see tender documents.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of entities to take a particular form, or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes 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: Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information:

This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/.

Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows:
Registration:

If not already registered, candidates should register on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/.

Expression of interest:
Once registered, candidates must express their interest as follows:
Login to the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal.
Select the NHS Supply Chain link on the Management Console.
Select the “+” symbol to the left of the “My Official Journal European Union Notices”. Select the “+” next to ‘OJEU Notices’ and then again when the sign is next to 'OJEU Notices’ to make all available notices visible.
Select the required notice by placing the cursor over the name of the notice and then left clicking once on the name.
After reading the notice, enable the expression of interest tick-box at the bottom of the notice, click on the “Save Details” button and close the form.
Now select the 'ISS Communities' tab at the top left of the page. Follow step c above. There should be a "+" next to the notice you expressed the interest in. That will now drop down to 'My tenders' or 'My PQQ'.
The tender or PQQ linked to the OJEU notice will become visible by clicking on the “+” next to the My Tenders or My PQQ link.
For tenders:
Clicking on the tender heading will open the next screen. Look to the middle of the page for a heading called 'An eRS data package'.

Left click once on the file called eRSXX.ZIP (where XX denotes the tender number) to download the tender package that contains the complete response information. This package must only be opened using the eRS application which can be downloaded from the http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ website.

Using the eRS application, follow the instructions and complete the responses.
The response must be submitted via the internet method as prescribed in the eRS application.
In the event that the notice refers to a PQQ:
Clicking on the name of the PQQ will open a 'Pre Qualification Questionnaire' page. Read through and then select 'Save Details' at the bottom of the page. The word “Attachment” next to the icon needs to be clicked on and then the attachment window will appear allowing you to respond to the questions and add attachments as required.
The response is submitted when the “Save Details” button is clicked. The responses can be submitted as many times as required until the closing time for the event.
Helpdesk.

For any support in submitting your expression of interest or tender response please contact the eTendering Help-desk at +44 8454687877 or http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/. There are a number of quick help guides available on the portal. Reading these will assist the supplier in completing and submitting their responses.

III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
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
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
Open
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
Yes
An electronic auction (e-auction) may be used to award all or part of the requirements. The use of e-auctions may also be an option as port of any mini competition process.
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
Payable documents No
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
7.10.2010 - 15:00
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
Duration in days 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 8.10.2010 - 09:00

Place

As in abovementioned I.1.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes
Only the NHS Supply Chain contract owner or delegate.

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

NHS Supply Chainintends to enter into arrangements under which it will be entitled to purchase supplies and/or services which it will make available for purchase by 1) and NHS Trust; 2) any other NHS entity; 3) any government department, agency or other statutory boby and/or 4) any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector. Only NHS Supply Chian can order from the Framework Agreement and enter into contracts under it. Tenders and all supporting documentation for the contract must be priced in sterling and written in English according to English law and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. NHS Supply Chain is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. NHS Supply Chain reserves the right to terminate the procurement process (or part of it), to change the basis of and the procedures for the procurement process at any time, or to procure the subject matter of the contract by alternative means if it appears that it can be more advantageously procured by alternative means. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted. All communicatios must be made through NHS Supply Chain's eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ using the Message Centre facility linked to this particular contract notice.

VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Refer to point VI.4.2

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Not Applicable

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Any appeals under this process should be addressed to the contact in point I.1.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
24.8.2010

TITitleUK-Chester: sharps containers
NDDocument number254904-2010
PDPublication date27/08/2010
OJOJ S166
TWPlaceCHESTER
AUAuthority nameNHS Supply Chain
OLOriginal languageEN
HDHeadingMember states - Supply contract - Contract notice - Open procedure
CYCountryUK
AAType of authorityN - National or federal Agency/Office
DSDocument sent24/08/2010
DTDeadline07/10/2010
NCContract2 - Supply contract
PRProcedure1 - Open procedure
TDDocument3 - Contract notice
RPRegulation5 - European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
TYType of bid1 - Global tender
ACAward criteria2 - The most economic tender
PCCPV code33141123 - Sharps containers
33169400 - Surgical containers
44613800 - Containers for waste material
OCOriginal CPV code33141123 - Sharps containers
33169400 - Surgical containers
44613800 - Containers for waste material
RCNUTS codeUK
IAInternet address (URL)www.supplychain.nhs.uk

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