Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Trust Headquarters North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Rd, Crumpsall
Manchester
M8 5RB
UK
Telephone: +44 616278274
E-mail: procurement.nm@pat.nhs.uk
Fax: +44 616278609
NUTS: UKD37
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.pat.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://procontract.due-north.com/register
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Digestive Diseases
Reference number: T18/03/RW6 (ProContract Ref: DN360600)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85121251
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The purpose of this tender exercise is to select a service provider whose delivery of Lot 1 Endoscopy and Outpatient Services and Lot 2 Colorectal and General Surgery Outpatient Services will represent value for money, high quality service; combined with the ability to identify and implement service efficiencies across the Trust.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
15 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Endoscopy and Outpatient Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85111100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD37
Main site or place of performance:
Greater Manchester North East.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Digestive Diseases is terminology used to encompass the specialties of Gastroenterology and Colorectal and General Surgery.
The Gastroenterology Department provides Endoscopy Services for the Trust.
Lot 1 of the contract is to provide a component of the Trust’s Endoscopy Service by delivering an agreed volume of endoscopy activity as and when required along with outpatient clinic appointments.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
10 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The Trust intends to award a contract for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further 1 x 12 month period.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Indicative activity volumes have been provided in the tender documentation, although these figures and hence the estimated contract value may vary to meet the demands of the service.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Colorectal and General Surgery Outpatient Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85111100
85112200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD37
Main site or place of performance:
Greater Manchester North East
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Digestive Diseases is terminology used to encompass the specialties of Gastroenterology and Colorectal and General Surgery.
Lot 2 of the contract is to provide a component of Colorectal and General Surgery outpatient clinics as and when required. This will include routine patients along with 2 week wait suspected cancer patients.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
4 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The Trust intends to award a contract for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further 1 x 12 month period.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Indicative activity volumes have been provided in the tender documentation, although these figures and hence the estimated contract value may vary to meet the demands of the service.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
14/09/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
14/09/2018
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement process is being conducted under the “Light touch regime”, governing “social and other specific services” as detailed in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the Light touch regime contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
Please note that all expressions of interest must be submitted via the Due North ProContract portal, paper and e-mailed expressions will not be accepted.
If you are not already a registered supplier on Due North, please follow this link to register for free: https://procontract.due-north.com/register.
Once you have successfully expressed your interest via the portal, you will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will be able to access and download the tender documentation and any other relevant information.
All documents pertaining to this opportunity will be available for download via the ProContract portal from the outset. Please ensure you are able to download all files immediately after accessing the ProContract portal.
Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract, no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will result in the tender submission being disregarded.
The uploading process when submitting a tender via ProContract may take some time. Tenderers should therefore start this process in sufficient time to allow for the complete uploading of their tender submission by the tender return time and date.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Trust HQ, North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Road
Manchester
M8 5RB
UK
E-mail: procurement.nm@pat.nhs.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Trust HQ, North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Road
Manchester
M8 5RB
UK
E-mail: procurement.nm@pat.nhs.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Trust HQ, North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Road
Manchester
M8 5RB
UK
E-mail: procurement.nm@pat.nhs.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/08/2018