CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Provision of Sterile Services (SSD).

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

King George Hospital, Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Essex, IG3 8YB.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The provision of a modern and efficient equipment sterilisation and decontamination service in respect of surgical equipment, together with the repair and maintenance of all surgical equipment and equipment processed under the contract for a period of 9 months, with the potential to extend by (up to) a further 3 months. This is notice of the modification to the existing contract. See Section VI.2) for additional information.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

BHR/07/PLS

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

Following the abandonment of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (the Trust)'s current Sterile Services procurement (see Contract Notice 2014/S 151-271711) this interim 9 month contract (with an option to extend by up to 3 months if necessary) has been awarded to the incumbent provider of those services (Synergy Health Managed Services) in order to ensure continuity of service whilst a new procurement process to identify a longer term provider of SSD services is conducted by the Trust. This is necessary as an award of a contract pursuant to the recent SSD procurement process (see Contract Notice 2014/S 151-271711) has been abandoned as, due to external factors, the current procurement process no longer meet the Trust's service requirements. This has been communicated to bidders and candidates in the abandoned process.

To award this interim contract to another provider would cause the Trust significant inconvenience due to the nature of the services which often involves high set up and decommissioning costs which are passed through to the Trust. It would also result in substantial duplication of costs in respect of running an interim procurement process for this contract alongside the main procurement for sterile services provision and the cost to the Trust in terms of both service implementation and integrating a new provider of the services on a short term basis.

The CPV and NUTS codes for the extended contract remain the same as does the description of the contract. The total value of the interim contract (the modification) is 1 989 000 GBP (excluding VAT). This value includes the full 3 months extension option. The option to extend will only be utilised (and for the minimum period necessary) if the contract for the longer term SSD contract has not been awarded at the 9 month point.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX D

Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure
without prior call for competition