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

Business Services Organisation Procurement & Logistic Services

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust

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

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

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

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)

Cardiac support devices. Full details of product categories are provided in section II.2 of this notice. The Trusts included within the 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' (the proposed and not restricted membership of this 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' membership is identified in Annex A of this notice) is seeking to procure a multi operator framework to provide the following:

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all 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

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

To be specified in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents. The Trust reserves the right to require deposits and/or guarantees and/or bonds and/or any other form of security.

III.1.2)

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

To be specified in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents.

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

Joint and several liability.

III.1.4)

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

The following 2 conditions shall apply to this process:

1. Bidders shall submit their expression of interest to the person identified in Section 'I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s)' only. Under no circumstances must there be any communication to any other person or persons at any of the 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members without the formal approval of the person identified in Section 'I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s)' and

2. All Bidders shall submit their expression of interest to the person identified in Section 'I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s)' by Recorded Delivery only.

The 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members reserves the right to reject any expression of interest that does not comply with the above 2 conditions. Where any expression of interest is rejected as a failure of the Bidder to comply with the said 2 conditions then there shall be no liability incurred by the 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members for such non-compliance.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

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

The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.

A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr

Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.

Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.

Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

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

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

EU026

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

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=74676839

If possible, the 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative"' members intends to shortlist to a minimum of five (5) Bidders for each Lot.

Bidders shall note that the 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative"' members retain discretion as to whether to accept any lot offer following evaluation in accordance with the Award Criteria. The evaluation criteria will be set out in the ITT.

The 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members are not bound in any way to accept any offer (whether a lot or otherwise) and reserve the right to accept one lot or any combination of lots and make no further contract award under this procurement process.

Bidders that submit offers for more than one lot will ensure that these are also capable of being accepted separately by the 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members. If any successful award is made for any lot, then the 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members reserve the right to include any other additional healthcare providers (over and above those identified in this notice). The framework agreement will be open to any other NHS Trust or NHS Foundation Trust established in England; any NHS Board established in Scotland; any Local Health Board established in Wales; and any Health and Social Care Trust established in Northern Ireland.

The 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members shall not be held liable for any financial costs incurred by any Bidder in relation to this project what so ever, such as, preparation of their Tender and any subsequent clarification.

For the avoidance of any doubt, the closing date for the submission of PQQ responses is set out in this OJEU notice. The PQQ will be available from the date of this OJEU notice and should be requested in accordance with the requirements of this OJEU notice. It is recommended that in order to allow yourself the longest time possible to respond, that you request the PQQ as soon as you see this notice.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=74676839

GO Reference: GO-20131125-PRO-5289793

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:

The Trust will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the decision to award the contract is communicated to bidders in accordance with Regulation 32A of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006. Any bidder wishing to appeal the decision to award the contract, or after the award of the contract appeal the award of the contract, shall have the rights set out in part 9 of the Public Contracts Regulation 2006.

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

This Lot relates to all CRM consumables and associate accessories required within a Cardiac Catheter Laboratory setting, such as, Implantable Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Defibrillators (CRTDs); Implantable Cardiac Defribillators (ICD); Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Pacemakers (CRTP); Pacemakers; Loop Recorders; All Associated Leads; Home Monitoring and Associated CRM Accessories.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The current estimated annual value of this Lot for all 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members is £14.6m exclusive of VAT. This said value of GBP 14,6m comprises of the following:

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 2,3m

Business Services Organisation Procurement & Logistics Services - GBP 7,4m

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 4,6m

Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust - GBP 0,3m

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

This Lot relates only to SPECIFIC PCI Consumables required within a Cardiac Catheter Laboratory setting, that is, Drug Eluting Stents; Balloon Catheters and Bare Metal Stents.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The current estimated annual value of this lot for all 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members is £4.5m exclusive of VAT. This said value of GBP 4,5m comprises of the following:

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 0,8m

Business Services Organisation Procurement & Logistics Services - GBP 1,9m

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 1,8m

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

This Lot relates only to Percutaneous Heart Valves and Associated Accessories required within a Cardiac Catheter Laboratory setting.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The current estimated annual value of this Lot for all 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members is GBP 1,1m exclusive of VAT. This said value of GBP 1,1m comprises of the following:

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 0,4m

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 0,7m

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

This Lot relates only to SPECIFIC EP Consumables required within a Cardiac Catheter Laboratory setting, that is, Ablation Catheters; Mapping Catheters; Diagnostic Catheters, Sheaths and Pulmonery Vein Catheters.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The current estimated annual value of this Lot for all 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members is GBP 3,5m exclusive of VAT. This said value of GBP 3,5m comprises of the following:

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 0,7m

Business Services Organisation Procurement & Logistics Services - GBP 1,1m

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 1,7m

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

This Lot relates only to SPECIFIC Heart Valves & Associated Cardiothoracic Surgical Consumables required within a Cardiothoracic setting, that is, Implantable Tissue and Mechanical Heart Valves; Oxygenators; Cannula; Rings; Sensors; Conduits; TR Band and Repair and Annuloplasty.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The current estimated annual value of this Lot for all 'Blackpool Cardiac Collaborative' members is GBP 2,8m exclusive of VAT. This said value of GBP 2,8m comprises of the following:

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 0,9m

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - GBP 1,9m

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots