CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Brighton and Hove.

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Brighton and Hove CCG wish to commission an integrated model of care (for adults and children) which will encompass the following:

- Triage by appropriate clinicians;

- Services currently provided under the Minor Surgery DES (national specification) and Community Dermatology LES (the local specification currently includes - benign naevi moles, bowens disease, dermofibroma /histocytoms, epidermoid/ pillar cysts, lipomata,pyogenic granuloma, keratosis, skin tags, skin lesions, viral cutaneous horns, diagnosed and low risk basal cell carcinomas);

- All dermatology adult and children, elective out-patients (including - routine, urgent, 2WW) delivered along integrated pathways between community and hospital settings as appropriate.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-qualification Questionnaire available through the Bravo eTender system website (see ‘Current Opportunities') https://sstcs.bravosolution.co.uk

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-qualification Questionnaire available through the Bravo eTender system website (see ‘Current Opportunities') https://sstcs.bravosolution.co.uk

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-qualification Questionnaire available through the Bravo eTender system website (see ‘Current Opportunities') https://sstcs.bravosolution.co.uk

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-qualification Questionnaire available through the Bravo eTender system website (see ‘Current Opportunities') https://sstcs.bravosolution.co.uk

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-qualification Questionnaire available through the Bravo eTender system website (see ‘Current Opportunities') https://sstcs.bravosolution.co.uk

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

Please refer to the Memorandum of Information and Pre-qualification Questionnaire available through the Bravo eTender system website (see ‘Current Opportunities') https://sstcs.bravosolution.co.uk

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

ref 12.138

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

This is a voluntary notice, as these are ‘Part B' services. Although the CCGs are following a procedure which is akin to the restricted procedure, the use of a voluntary Contract Notice and of terminology which reflects the restricted procedure does not indicate that the CCGs accept that they are bound by the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and/or the Public Procurement Directive (2004/18/EC) save for the provisions of the Regulations and the Directive which apply to Part B services.

An electronic procurement process is being used for this procurement. Interested parties wishing to participate must register their details on the Bravo eTender system website to gain access to further information and obtain the tender documents to be completed and returned for consideration.

All correspondence will be dealt through this website.

Prospective Providers are required to follow the instructions below and to obtain further documentation (Memorandum of Information and Prequalification Questionnaire) using the electronic process.

Completed Prequalification Questionnaires must be submitted using the process described by no later than 17:00 hours on 9.12.2013.

Suppliers Instructions of how to express interest and participate in this Tender:

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required

once):

– Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://sstcs.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register.

– Read and accept the terms and conditions and click ‘Continue'.

– Enter your correct business and user details.

– Note the username you chose and click ‘Save' when complete.

– You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).

2. Express an Interest in the tender:

– Login to the portal with the username/password.

– Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations toTender open to any registered supplier.)

– Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content.

– Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page.

– This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for yourprojects only.)

– You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box, and read the instructions contained within.

3. Responding to the tender:

– Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining).

– You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification.

– Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT.

– There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply

using the ‘Publish Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact points to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent