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Contract Notice

Outsourcing dispensing of out patient medicines.

  • First published: 10 November 2015
  • Last modified: 10 November 2015
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Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Authority ID:
AA31986
Publication date:
10 November 2015
Deadline date:
07 December 2015
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Pharmacy services. Outsourcing of pharmacy outpatient dispensing services at Harrogate District Hospital. The Trust are looking for a Community Pharmacy partner that includes the outsourcing of the dispensing of outpatient medicines at Harrogate District Hospital. The Trust Pharmacy currently dispenses in the region of 38 000 items per year for outpatients at Harrogate District Hospital with a medicines cost in the region of 775 000 GBP associated with these issues.

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)


Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road

Harrogate

HG2 7SX

UK

District Supplies Department

David Sales

+44 1423553614

david.sales@hdft.nhs.uk


http://www.hdft.nhs.uk/



http://www.hdft.nhs.uk/about-us/statutory-information/public-procurement-regulations/
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I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

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Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Outsourcing dispensing of out patient medicines.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

27

II.1.2)

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



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II.1.3)

This notice involves

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II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

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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)

Pharmacy services. Outsourcing of pharmacy outpatient dispensing services at Harrogate District Hospital. The Trust are looking for a Community Pharmacy partner that includes the outsourcing of the dispensing of outpatient medicines at Harrogate District Hospital. The Trust Pharmacy currently dispenses in the region of 38 000 items per year for outpatients at Harrogate District Hospital with a medicines cost in the region of 775 000 GBP associated with these issues.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

85149000

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

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II.1.8)

Division into lots

No

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

No

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

Outsourcing of pharmacy outpatient dispensing services at Harrogate District Hospital. The Trust are looking for a Community Pharmacy Partner that includes outsourcing the dispensing of outpatient medicines at Harrogate District Hospital. The Trust Pharmacy currently dispenses in the region of 38 000 items per year for outpatients at Harrogate District Hospital with a medicines cost in the region of 775 000 GBP associated with these issues. It is also envisaged that the value of the medicines provided by Outpatients could increase by a further 1 000 000 GBP by extending the current range. The contract would be for a 60 month period with the option of extending for a further 24 months.

625 000900 000
GBP

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

12

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

60

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2)

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

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

Consortium bids are acceptable but the authority may require the consortium to incorporate a special purpose vehicle and provide parent company guarantees.

III.1.4)

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

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.

The Trust preferred route for this information is via the sid4gov database. Candidates should confirm their sid4gov supplier number and must ensure all the mandatory sections of their sid4 gov profile are completed. Failure to comply with the completion of all mandatory sections could result in the elimination from the procurement process at the pqq stage.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity


(a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.

(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established.

(c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.

The Trust preferred route for this information is via the sid4gov database. Candidates should confirm their sid4gov supplier number and must ensure all the mandatory sections of their sid4 gov profile are completed. Failure to comply with the completion of all mandatory sections could result in the elimination from the procurement process at the pqq stage.




III.2.3)

Technical capacity


(a) a list of the works carried out over the past 5 years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;

(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: — where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, — where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;

(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;

(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's study and research facilities;

(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;

(f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;

(g) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract;

(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;

(i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract;

(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;

(k) with regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards

The Trust preferred route for this information is via the sid4gov database. Candidates should confirm their sid4gov supplier number and must ensure all the mandatory sections of their sid4 gov profile are completed. Failure to comply with the completion of all mandatory sections could result in the elimination from the procurement process at the pqq stage.




III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

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Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure


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Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

No

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

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IV.2)

Award Criteria

No


Yes

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IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

No

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

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Other previous publications

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IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

 07-12-2015  10:00

IV.3.5)

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

 15-12-2015

IV.3.6)

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

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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


60 months.

VI.2)

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

No



VI.3)

Additional Information

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement..The Trust does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any bid offered under this process.The Trust is not responsible for any costs incurred by bidders in relation to their participation in this process. The date given of 15.12.2015 for the issue of tenders is an estimate only.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=135052225

GO Reference: GO-2015115-PRO-7285998.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

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VI.4.2)

Lodging of 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 86 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.Any bidders 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 Chapter 6 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

VI.4.3)

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










VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

 05-11-2015

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
85149000 Pharmacy services Miscellaneous health services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
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About the buyer

Main contact:
david.sales@hdft.nhs.uk
Admin contact:
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Technical contact:
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