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Contract Notice

Pathology send out tests.

  • First published: 10 October 2014
  • Last modified: 10 October 2014
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Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospital Trust
Authority ID:
AA23308
Publication date:
10 October 2014
Deadline date:
14 November 2014
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) are seeking services for the Pathology Department for the provision of send out tests within the specialities of Clinical Biochemistry, Haematology, Immunology and Cytogenetics. Approximately 11 600 tests are sent out annually. This service will be provided by an accredited laboratory with demonstrable expertise and experience in high volume pathology tests, with excellent clinical and analytical service which meets the Trust requirements in terms of quality, cost and technical expertise, and have been providing a comparable service.

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)


Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Procurement, Queens Hospitals, Rom Valley Way

Romford

RM7 0AG

UK

Mrs Pravina Hindocha

+44 1708435143

pravina.hindocha@bhrhospitals.nhs.uk





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I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

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No

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Pathology send out tests.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

25

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)

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) are seeking services for the Pathology Department for the provision of send out tests within the specialities of Clinical Biochemistry, Haematology, Immunology and Cytogenetics. Approximately 11 600 tests are sent out annually. This service will be provided by an accredited laboratory with demonstrable expertise and experience in high volume pathology tests, with excellent clinical and analytical service which meets the Trust requirements in terms of quality, cost and technical expertise, and have been providing a comparable service.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

85111800

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

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II.1.8)

Division into lots

Yes

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II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

No

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Parent Company guarantee if 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

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


Any supplier may be disqualified who:

(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

(c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract authorities can demonstrate;

(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;

(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;

(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;

(j)has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;

(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

Successful bidders must demonstrate compliance with and substantive experience of NHS Pathology testing.

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 3 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 of these turnovers is available.

Successful bidders must demonstrate substantive, financial capacity and track record to mitigate risk.




III.2.3)

Technical capacity


(a) a list of the works carried out over the past five 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;

(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 capabilities 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;

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

Successful bidders must demonstrate substantive, technical capacity and track record to mitigate risk.




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


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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

BHR/14/PSOT

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

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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

 14-11-2014  16:00

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

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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


VI.2)

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

No



VI.3)

Additional Information

For further information around this contract and to register an interest, please visit our LPP eSourcing Portal: www.lppsourcing.org to view the advert. If your organisation does not already have an account on the portal, please select ‘Register Free' and complete the company information to request a user name and password. On receipt of your account details, you may search for this opportunity by keyword or organisation and select ‘Register Interest'.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures










Body responsible for mediation procedures










VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)

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










VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

 08-10-2014

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained



Pathology Send Out Tests

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II)

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



Pathology Send Out Tests

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III)

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



Pathology Send Out Tests

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ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1     Crytogenetics

1)

Short Description

Crytogenetics Tests

Approximate No. of tests per annum — 248.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

85111800

3)

Quantity or scope


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Indication about different contract dates

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Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

2     Clinical Biochemistry

1)

Short Description

Clinical Biochemistry Tests

Approximate no. of tests per annum — 4606.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

85111800

3)

Quantity or scope


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ANNEX B

Information About Lots

3     Haematology

1)

Short Description

Haematology Tests

Approximate no. of tests per annum — 459.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

85111800

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Quantity or scope


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Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

4     Immunology

1)

Short Description

Immunology Tests

Approximate no.of tests per annum — 6338.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

85111800

3)

Quantity or scope


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Indication about different contract dates

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Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

5     Bid for all Lots (Lots 1 -4)

1)

Short Description

Bid for all lots (lots 1,2,3 and 4)

Approximate 11 600 tests per annum.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

85111800

3)

Quantity or scope


4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots


Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
85111800 Pathology services Hospital 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
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
pravina.hindocha@bhrhospitals.nhs.uk
Admin contact:
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Technical contact:
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Other contact:
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