Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Health Solutions Team Ltd acting on behalf of Supply Chain Coordination Ltd acting on behalf of the NHS Business Services Authority
Skipton House, 80 London Road
London
SE1 6LH
UK
Contact person: Chelsea Hufton
Telephone: +44 7714043433
E-mail: Chelsea.Hufton@supplychain.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKE4
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health/about/procurement
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Audiological Equipment, Services and Related Consumables
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33124100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The framework agreement is for the supply of audiological equipment which is anticipated to cover the following product categories but not limited to:
— audiometers,
— tympanometers,
— hearing aid fitting equipment,
— balance equipment,
— video otoscope,
— ear scanner,
— sound booth,
— otoacoustic emissions,
— auditory brainstem response,
— combined otoacoustic emissions/auditory brain response,
— cortical auditory evoked potentials,
— automated otoacoustic equipment,
— automated auditory brain response,
— microsuction equipment,
— irrigation equipment,
— manual wax picks,
— assistive listening devices,
— tinnitus therapy devices,
— personal hearable devices,
— consumables,
— calibration and maintenance.
It's anticipated that in the first 24 months of the framework agreement the value of purchases will be in the region of GBP 7 000 000. For the full 48-month term if extended the anticipated value will be in the region of GBP 18 000 000. Values are approximate and based on the most recent historical usage information with a forecasted level of growth.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
18 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Diagnostic and Fitting Equipment
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33121400
33124100
32351300
85121240
33124130
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot contains equipment that is used to diagnose audiological conditions in patients and the associated peripheral equipment with doing so. This lot also contains equipment used to fit hearing aids prescribed as a result of a hearing test as well as equipment used to treat and rehabilitate patients who are experiencing balance issues. Products include:
• audiometers,
• tympanometers,
• combined audiometer/tympanometer,
• hearing aid fitting equipment,
• balance equipment,
• video otoscope,
• ear scanner,
• sound booth,
• otoacoustic emissions,
• auditory brainstem response,
• combined otoacoustic emissions/auditory brain response,
• cortical auditory evoked potentials,
• calibration,
• maintenance.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Sales, service and quality
/ Weighting: 32
Quality criterion: Training and education value add programmes
/ Weighting: 8
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 60
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This framework agreement will have an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend incrementally for up to a total period of 48 months.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Newborn Hearing
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33121400
33124100
32351300
85121240
33124130
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot contains equipment that is used to test newborn babies, as part of NHS England’s Newborn Hearing Screening Program, for any potential hearing related issues, referring them to audiology departments for further testing should it be required. Products include:
• automated otoacoustic emissions screening equipment,
• automated auditory brain response screening equipment,
• calibration,
• maintenance.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Sales, service and quality
/ Weighting: 32
Quality criterion: Training and education value add programmes
/ Weighting: 8
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 60
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This framework agreement will have an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend incrementally for up to a total period of 48 months.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Wax Management
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33121400
33124100
32351300
33124130
85121240
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot contains equipment that is used within audiology departments and ENT clinics to treat patients with issues of wax within their inner ear. The equipment in this lot is used to help remove and treat excessive wax that can be masking other audiological conditions. Products include:
• microsuction equipment,
• irrigation equipment,
• manual wax picks.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Training and education value add programmes
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 90
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This framework agreement will have an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend incrementally for up to a total period of 48 months.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Audiological Devices
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33121400
33124100
32351300
85121240
33124130
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot contains equipment that is used by patients as personal devices, that are not hearing aids, to help with day to day hearing issues. The lot contains equipment that amplifies sound to allow patients with mild to moderate hearing loss to hear sounds more clearly, as well as equipment to help with the treatment of audiological condition tinnitus. Products include:
• assistive listening devices,
• tinnitus therapy devices,
• personal hearable devices.
This lot does not include hearing aids.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Training and education value add programmes
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 90
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This framework agreement will have an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend incrementally for up to a total period of 48 months.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
Consumables
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33121400
33124100
32351300
85121240
33124130
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot only contains the single use, disposable products, that are used in conjunction with all of the equipment listed in the above lots.
• audiometer consumables
• tympanometer consumables,
• fitting equipment consumables,
• video otoscope consumables,
• otoacoustic emissions (OAE) consumables,
• auditory brainstem response (ABR) consumables,
• newborn hearing screening consumables,
• wax management consumables.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This framework agreement will have an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend incrementally for up to a total period of 48 months.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 017-035930
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: FAG00016801
Title: Diagnostic and Fitting Equipment
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/06/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 9
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 10
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Amplivox
West Midlands
UK
NUTS: UKG32
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Auditdata A/S
Staines-Upon-Thames
UK
NUTS: UKJ1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Guymark UK Ltd
Brierley Hill
UK
NUTS: UKG3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Natus Nicolet UK Ltd
Woking
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oticon Ltd
West Midlands
UK
NUTS: UKG3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Otodynamics Ltd
Hatfield
UK
NUTS: UKH23
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PATH Medical GmbH
Germering
DE
NUTS: DE21C
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Puretone Ltd
Rochester
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sivantos Ltd
Crawley
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Starkey Laboratories Ltd
Milton Keynes
UK
NUTS: UKJ12
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 250 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: FAG00016801
Title: Newborn Hearing
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/06/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Belmont Medical Technologies Ltd
Altrincham
UK
NUTS: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Guymark UK Ltd
Brierley Hill
UK
NUTS: UKG3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Natus Nicolet UK Ltd
Woking
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Otodynamics Ltd
Hatfield
UK
NUTS: UKH23
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oticon Limited
West Midlands
UK
NUTS: UKG3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PATH medical GmbH
Germering
DE
NUTS: DE21C
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 3
Contract No: FAG00016801
Title: Wax Management
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/06/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Amplivox
West Midlands
UK
NUTS: UKG32
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Guymark UK Ltd
Brierley Hill
UK
NUTS: UKG3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oticon Ltd
West Midlands
UK
NUTS: UKG3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Puretone Ltd
Rochester
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sivantos Ltd
Crawley
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 100 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 4
Contract No: FAG00016801
Title: Audiological Devices
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/06/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Puretone
Rochester
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Guymark UK Ltd
Brierley Hill
UK
NUTS: UKG3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 200 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 5
Contract No: FAG00016801
Title: Consumables
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/06/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 11
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 12
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Amplivox
West Midlands
UK
NUTS: UKG32
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Belmont Medical Technologies Ltd
Altrincham
UK
NUTS: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Guymark UK Ltd
Brierley Hill
UK
NUTS: UKG3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Natus Nicolet UK Ltd
Woking
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oticon Ltd
West Midlands
UK
NUTS: UKG3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Otodynamics Ltd
Hatfield
UK
NUTS: UKH23
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PATH medical GmbH
Germering
DE
NUTS: DE21C
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Puretone Ltd
Rochester
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sheffmed Trade Services Ltd
Sheffield
UK
NUTS: UKE32
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sivantos Ltd
Crawley
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Starkey Laboratories Ltd
Milton Keynes
UK
NUTS: UKJ12
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
‘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/ISS/
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.
1) Use URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal.
2) If not yet registered:
— click on the ‘Not Registered Yet’ link to access the registration page;
— complete the registration pages as guided by the mini guide found on the landing page.
Portal access.
If registration has been completed:
— login with URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/;
— click on the ‘Supplier Dashboard’ icon to open the list of new procurement events.
Expression of interest.
— view contract notice content by clicking on the ‘View Notice’ button for the procurement event. This opens a PDF document;
— express an interest by clicking on the ‘Express Interest’ button;
— to start the response process after the expression of interest has been done, select the ‘My Active Opportunities’ option and click on the ‘Apply’ button;
— select the procurement event from the list by clicking on the description;
— in the detail view click on the orange coloured ‘Framework Agreement’ button to start responding to the tender.
Header level requirements:
— applicants are required to read all framework header documents which can be accessed using the ‘NHS Scheader Documents’ button, which is located in the ‘Select Framework’ tab;
— applicants are required to upload the documents requested using the ‘Supplier Header Documents’ button, which is located in the ‘Select Framework’ tab.
Lot level requirements:
— a preview of the lot line details can be viewed using the ‘Lot Header’ tab, by selecting the lot and using the ‘Lot Line Information’ button. In order to respond to a lot, applicants must select the relevant lot and then use the ‘Express Intent’ button. This expression of intent does not place any obligation on the Applicant to respond, the action unlocks the ability to respond;
— complete price offers per line for the lot by completing the required fields for the lines the Applicant wants to include in the bid using the ‘Lot Line Detail’ tab. There are a number of mandatory fields to complete on a product line basis; these are highlighted in yellow in the ‘Lot Line Detail’ tab;
— applicants are required to answer all mandatory lot specific questions found in the ‘Lot Evaluation Criteria’ tab;
— applicants are then required to click on the ‘Terms and Conditions’ button in the ‘Submit Individual Lot Response(S)’ tab to view and accept the ISS Terms and Conditions;
— accept the ISS ‘Terms and Conditions’ button to access this function;
— submit Lot response, by clicking on the ‘Submit Response to Selected Lot’ button in the ‘Submit Individual Lot Response(S)’ tab to submit response for the Lot. Each Lot must be submitted independently;
— applicants are able to view their submission using the ‘Supplier Submission Report’ button, found in the ‘Submit Individual Lot Response(S)’ tab.
Please refer to Section III.1.1 for additional information.
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Supply Chain
Normanton
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Supply Chain
Normanton
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Appeals to be logged in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/07/2020