SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
North West Collaborative Commercial Agency
Halyard Court, Chandlers Point, 31 Broadway, Manchester
Attn: Annmarie Boden
M50 2UW Salford
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1612123722
E-mail: annmarie.boden@nwcca.nhs.uk
Fax +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: NWCCA eTendering portal - http://nwcca.eu-supply.com
NWCCA, Halyard Court, Chandlers Point, 31 Broadway
M50 2UW Salford
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet: http://nwcca.eu-supply.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: NWCCA eTendering portal - http://nwcca.eu-supply.com
NWCCA, Halyard Court, Chandlers Point, 31 Broadway
M50 2UW Salford
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet: 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
Beds, mattresses and pressure area care (5 lots).
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
A combination of these
Main place of delivery 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 8
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 3
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Supply of beds, mattresses, pressure area cushions and accessories.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
33192120, 33192000, 33192100, 39143112
II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
No
II.1.8)Division into lots
Yes
tenders should be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Variants will be accepted
No
II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope
Provision of beds, mattresses and pressure area care to all NWCCA member trusts, with the following lots:
— lot 1 - Beds and bed frames,
— lot 2 - Mattresses,
— lot 3 - Pressure area care,
— lot 4 - Accessories,
— lot 5 - Managed service contracts.
II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 1 TITLE General requirements for all 5 lots
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
This is in reference to the PQQ response questionnaire that contains questions applicable to all 5 lots.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
33192120, 33192000, 33192100, 39143112
3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 2 TITLE Lot 1 - Beds and bed frames
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
Supply of beds and bed frames including bariatric, profiling, standard and specialist.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
33192120, 33192000, 33192100, 39143112
3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 3 TITLE Lot 2 - Mattresses
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
Supply of mattresses including pressure redistributing, static, overlay, replacement bariatric and alternating.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
33192120, 33192000, 33192100, 39143112
3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 4 TITLE Lot 3 - Pressure area care cushions
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
Supply of pressure area cushions.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
33192120, 33192000, 33192100, 39143112
3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 5 TITLE Lot 4 - Accessories
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
Supply of accessories associated with provision of beds, bed frames, mattresses and pressure area care.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
33192120, 33192000, 33192100, 39143112
3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 6 TITLE Lot 5 - Managed service contracts
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
33192120, 33192000, 33192100, 39143112
3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
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
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.2.3)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 1 maximum number 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: A maximum of 8 or a minimum of 5 Bidders per Lot 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-241-AB
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
1.10.2010 - 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
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
VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
27.8.2010