Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University Hospital South Manchester
International House, Ledson Road
Manchester
M23 9GP
UK
Contact person: Mr Anthony Oba
Telephone: +44 1612915149
E-mail: anthony.oba@uhsm.nhs.uk
Fax: +44 1612915139
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.uhsm.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://procontract.due-north.com
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
University Hospital of South Manchester
Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe
Manchester
M23 9LT
UK
Contact person: Anthony Oba
Telephone: +44 1612915149
E-mail: anthony.oba@uhsm.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.uhsm.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://procontract.due-north.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the following address:
University Hospital of South Manchester
Southmoor Road
Manchester
M23 9LT
UK
Contact person: Anthony Oba
Telephone: +44 1612915149
E-mail: anthony.oba@uhsm.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://procontract.due-north.com
Address of the buyer profile: www.uhsm.nhs.uk
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
Vascular Ultrasound Services.
Reference number: UHSM/2016/6136
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33158000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute teaching hospital providing a range of services to the populations of South Manchester, the North Region and beyond. With over 5 500 employee and specialist expertise in cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, heart and lung transplantation, respiratory conditions, burns and plastics cancer and breast care services, the Trust is recognised as 1 of the major centre of clinical excellence in the UK.
The Trust is looking to put a new contract for the delivery of the vascular ultrasound service with effect from 1.9.2016.
The Trust intends to accept the most economically advantageous proposal, All details have been included in good faith all information supplied to bidders by the University Hospital of South Manchester in connection with this procurement exercise shall be regarded as confidential.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
100.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
University Hospital of South Manchester.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute teaching hospital providing a range of services to the populations of South Manchester, the North Region and beyond. With over 5 500 employee and specialist expertise in cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, heart and lung transplantation, respiratory conditions, burns and plastics cancer and breast care services, the Trust is recognised as 1 of the major centre of clinical excellence in the UK.
The Trust is looking to put a new contract for the delivery of the vascular ultrasound service with effect from 1.9.2016.
The Trust intends to accept the most economically advantageous proposal, All details have been included in good faith all information supplied to bidders by the University Hospital of South Manchester in connection with this procurement exercise shall be regarded as confidential.
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:
100.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/09/2016
End:
31/08/2019
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Identification of the project:
Not Applicable.
II.2.14) Additional information
Not Applicable.
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
29/07/2016
Local time: 16:00
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
Tender must be valid until:
31/03/2017
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
29/07/2016
Local time: 16:00
Place:
The scope is outlined in the specification and further detail is provided in the ITT documents. During the term of the contract, changes to NHS services may be required under Devolution Manchester. The provider must be receptive to negotiate with the Trust any reasonable change to service. This may include the opportunity to extend the provider service to the Manchester single Hospital site.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Critical Success Factors
— Patient and Clinician service Satisfaction;
— Agreed KPI's;
— Flexibility to amend plan without contractual penalties;
— Value for money and affordability.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
University Hospital of South Manchester
Southmoor Road
Manchester
M23 9LT
UK
Telephone: +44 1612915149
E-mail: anthony.oba@uhsm.nhs.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.uhsm.nhs.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
University Hospital of South Manchester
Southmoore Road
Manchester
M23 9LT
UK
Telephone: +44 1612915149
E-mail: a.oba@uhsm.nhs.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.uhsm.nhs.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The objective of the evaluation process is to assess the responses to the tenders submitted; the tender evaluation exercise will seek to balance the issues of quality and price to ensure that the bidder chosen offers the best deal for the Trust.
Upon receipt of formal tenders, the Trust will be concerned to ensure that there has been full compliance with the ITT documents, and all necessary information has been supplied. The information supplied will be checked for completeness and compliance before responses are evaluated. The Trust shall not be bound to accept the lowest price of any bid submitted.
Section M will be marked on a pass/fail basis and this will entail conducting an independent financial credit check along with the taking up of references. A D&B Failure score, obtained from Sid4health, of 20 or less will constitute a fail.
Those tenders failing to meet these minimum requirements will not be considered.
The weighting criteria project price element for scoring the tender will be evaluated on the basis of 60 % quality and 40 % price.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
University Hospital of South Manchester
Southmoor Road
Manchester
M23 9LT
UK
Telephone: +44 1612915149
E-mail: anthony.oba@uhsm.nhs.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.uhsm.nhs.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/07/2016