Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
UK
E-mail: rf.ppstenders@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.whittington.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.whittington.nhs.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.lppsourcing.org
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.lppsourcing.org
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Health
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Whittington Health Food Court for Retail Tender
Reference number: DN401575
II.1.2) Main CPV code
42933000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Whittington Health NHS Trust (the ‘Trust’) wants to appoint a range of retail partner(s), as tenants, to provide a range of retail options on the first floor at Whittington Hospital. The Trust is hoping to achieve a range of retail provisions to encompass the following offers: a convenience range, delicatessen, café, a range of hot and cold meals, snack and beverage options with a separate café.
The Trust also wishes to appoint a provider to deliver a vending service across the Whittington Hospital site. The vending services must include a range of healthier options including an out of hours hot meal service offer.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
55900000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Trust’s current financial situation does not allow the Trust to invest any capital at this stage and would want the bidders to find creative ways of being able to fund the modernisation of the existing retail units.
The Trust wants to maximise the income generation/rent income as much as possible, while allowing a high quality service to be delivered, with emphasis on healthier food options and the Trust does not have fixed expectations as to how best to achieve this. The income generation model will be subject to negotiation with the Trust.
Potential bidders are encouraged to attend the site visit that will be held on Wednesday, 31.7.2019.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 120
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.2.13) 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
Competitive dialogue
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:
07/08/2019
Local time: 10:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
This notice is a voluntary notice. The opportunity concerns the granting of leases for retail units and vending services at the hospital site with the provision of a profit share.
The Trust is not under any obligation, statutory or otherwise to provide its staff, patients or visitors with access to retail units or vending machines of the type described in the tender documents. It therefore follows that the opportunity is neither subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016.
The adoption of any procedure or process contained in either the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016, for example the selection questionnaire and competitive dialogue, is voluntary and does not bind the Trust to comply with those provisions.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/07/2019