Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Shared Business Services Ltd (NHS SBS)
05280446
Halyard Court, 31 Broadway, The Quays
Salford
M50 2UW
UK
Contact person: Ben Henniker
Telephone: +44 1612123715
E-mail: benjamin_henniker@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.sbs.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:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=35159&B=NHSSBS
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=35159&B=NHSSBS
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Joint Venture between the Department of Health and Sopra Steria
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Radiopharmaceutical Products
Reference number: SBS/20/BH/DT/10025
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33150000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) wishes to establish a Radiopharmaceutical products including generators, hot kits and cold kits framework agreement for use by or on behalf of NHS SBS approved organisations. The objective of this framework agreement is to implement a contractual vehicle for NHS SBS approved organisations that are part of the NHS and wider public sector to facilitate the procurement of Radiopharmaceutical products including generators, hot kits and cold kits.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
30 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33694000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
M50 2UW.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Radiopharmaceutical kits for diagnostic and therapeutic use, Technetium and Krypton generators and preparations, nitrogen vials and other products associated with preparation treatments, and products for diagnosis and treatment in a nuclear medicine unit.
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:
30 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 50
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 227-413197
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
07/12/2020
Local time: 12:00
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
Duration in months: 48 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
07/12/2020
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The duration referenced in section II.2.7) is for the placing of orders.
The value provided in section II.1.5) is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to successful suppliers any business through this framework agreement. Spend and volumes may vary throughout the life of the framework agreement from the anticipated levels given in this notice.
The framework will be for the benefit, and on behalf, of public sector bodies, details of such bodies can be accessed at: https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/proc-framework-agreements-support
In addition, if provided for in the contract documents, NHS SBS may extend the scope and benefit of the framework agreement to private sector bodies, subject to the approval of NHS SBS. Whilst NHS SBS is not required by procurement legislation to do so, it has extended the principles of public procurement rules to provide its private sector customers with the best value and open and transparent procurement procedures.
The envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement, stated in IV.1.3) is an estimate and is subject to change.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Shared Business Services
Halyard Court, 31 Broadway
Salford
M50 2UW
UK
Telephone: +44 7821843371
E-mail: benjamin_henniker@nhs.net
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
OJEU procedures include a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to bidders. This period allows unsuccessful bidders to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such information should be requested from NHSSBS. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/11/2020