Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ashford Hospital, London Road
Ashford, Middlesex
TW15 3AA
UK
E-mail: victoria.wertheim@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.bipsolutions.com
I.1) Name and addresses
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey
Guildford
GU2 7XX
UK
E-mail: victoria.wertheim@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.bipsolutions.com
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Guildford and Waverly CCG
3rd floor, Dominion House, Woodbridge Road
Guildford, Surrey
GU1 4PU
UK
E-mail: victoria.wertheim@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.guildfordandwaverleyccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group
58 Church Street
Weybridge, Surrey
KT13 8DP
UK
E-mail: victoria.wertheim@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nwsurreyccg.nhs.uk/Pages/default.aspx
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
The provision of enteral feeds and associated nutrition supply services including feeds, pumps, ancillaries and a home delivery service.
Reference number: ASP/TE/16/06
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33692300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Trusts wish to appoint a supplier(s) of enteral feeds, associated equipment and product related nursing services for patients. This contract is for a product delivery service to patients at hospital, home or at their usual place of residence. The contract will cover the supply of enteral feeds and oral nutrition supplements, feeding pumps and their associated maintenance and support,the plastics and consumables for the enteral feeding products. In addition, the successful supplier will be required to offer on-going nursing advice and assistance to professional staff, patients, their family and other carers where necessary, the details of which are explained in the ITT document.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
42122411
15880000
33140000
85112200
85312200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Enteral feeds, associated equipment and product related nursing services for patients. This contract is for a product delivery service to patients at hospital, home or at their usual place of residence. The contract will cover the supply of enteral feeds and oral nutrition supplements, feeding pumps and their associated maintenance and support, the plastics and consumables for the enteral feeding products. In addition, the successful supplier will be required to offer on-going nursing advice and assistance to professional staff, patients, their family and other carers where necessary, the details of which are explained in the ITT document.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Criterion 1: Fitness for purpose of the offered products
/ Weighting: 4
Quality criterion: Criterion 2: Nutrition Support Services (I) Supplier Nursing Service
/ Weighting: 4
Quality criterion: Criterion 3: Nutrition Support Services (II) Hospital Delivery Service
/ Weighting: 1
Quality criterion: Criterion 4: Nutrition Support Services (III) Home Delivery Service
/ Weighting: 2
Quality criterion: Criterion 5: Training and Support of Authority and other healthcare staff
/ Weighting: 1
Quality criterion: Criterion 6: Contract Management, Management Information and Performance monitoring
/ Weighting: 1
Cost criterion: Total Acquisition Cost
/ Weighting: 35
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
2 x 12 month extensions after contract expiry.
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
This contract will not be divided into lots. The Trusts wish to provide a seamless service between acute and community settings, as patients transition from paediatric to adult care and hospital to home. This will avoid changes to products and suppliers and will also reduce potential confusion between products in different settings.
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 199-358483
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ASP/TE/16/06
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/12/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Nutricia Limited
White Horse Business Park
Trowbridge, Wiltshire
BA14 0XG
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
The details of the value or proportion of the contract likely to be subcontracted to third parties are with held as they are subject to extensive confidentiality obligations owed to the supplier.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please note the contract commencement date is 1.4.2017 not the period of work start date of 14.12.2017 stated in the contracts finder publication details (as an inflexibility of the system for dispatch of the publication of the award notice in contracts finder does not permit the period of work start date to be earlier than the dispatch of the publication so, as a workaround, to permit publication in contracts finder, the dispatch date is stated as the period of work start date for that purpose).
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GO Reference: GO-20171215-PRO-11579402
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
London Road
Ashford, Middlesex
TW15 3AA
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Authority incorporated a minimum of 10 day standstill period from the day after information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. This period was to allow the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge or seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contract was entered into.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 contract award proceedings will be immediately suspended.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/12/2017