Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ashford Hospital, London Road
Ashford
TW15 3AA
UK
Contact person: Victoria Wertheim
Telephone: +44 1784884767
E-mail: victoria.wertheim@asph.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKJ23
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.bipsolutions.com
I.1) Name and addresses
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey
Guildford
GU2 7XX
UK
E-mail: victoria.wertheim@asph.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKJ23
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.bipsolutions.com
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Guildford and Waverley CCG
3rd Floor Dominion House, Woodbridge Road
Guildford
GU1 4PU
UK
E-mail: victoria.wertheim@asph.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKJ23
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.guildfordandwaverleyccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group
58 Church Street, Surrey
Weybridge
KT13 8DP
UK
E-mail: victoria.wertheim@asph.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKJ23
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nwsurreyccg.nhs.uk/Pages/default.aspx
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.deltaesourcing.com
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.deltaesourcing.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Provision of Enteral Feeds and Associated Nutrition Supply Services Including Feeds, Pumps, Ancillaries and a Home Delivery Service.
Reference number: ASP/TE/16/06
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33692300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Trusts wish to appoint a Supplier(s) of enteral feeds, associated equipment and product related nursing services for patients. This contract is for a product delivery service to patients at hospital, home or at their usual place of residence. The contract will cover the supply of enteral feeds and oral nutrition supplements, feeding pumps and their associated maintenance and support,the plastics and consumables for the enteral feeding products. In addition, the successful Supplier will be required to offer on-going nursing advice and assistance to professional staff, patients, their family and other carers where necessary, the details of which are explained in the ITT document.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
42122411
15880000
33140000
85112200
85312200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ23
Main site or place of performance:
Surrey.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Enteral feeding pumps, sets, enteral feeds and specified ancillaries for adult patients at Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust (RSCH), Ashford and St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH), Walton Community Hospital, Woking Community Hospital, Haslemere Hospital and Milford Hospital. Home delivery of pumps, sets, enteral feeds and specified ancillaries (including those that may come from other companies) for adult community patients registered with a GP in the NHS North West Surrey and Guildford and Waverley CCG areas.
Enteral feeding pumps, sets, enteral feeds and specified ancillaries for paediatric patients at Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust, Ashford and St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust, Walton Community Hospital, Woking Community Hospital and The Jarvis Centre. Home delivery of pumps, sets, enteral feeds and specified ancillaries for community paediatric patients registered with a GP in the NHS North West Surrey and Guildford and Waverley CCG areas.
The provision of nursing support related to tube feeding and tube care throughout the contract area as defined above.
Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) for all above hospitals (adults and paediatrics) and for patients on home enteral tube feeding as specified by the managing dietitians.
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:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
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:
Yes
Description of options:
2 12-month extensions after contract expiry.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
This contract will not be divided into lots. The Trusts wish to provide a seamless service between acute and community settings, as patients transition from paediatric to adult care and hospital to home. This will avoid changes to products and suppliers and will also reduce potential confusion between products in different settings.
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
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Invitation to tender documents
NHS Terms and Conditions of Contract.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
10/11/2016
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
10/11/2016
Local time: 12:01
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Ashford:-Enteral-feeds./JM795F8865
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/JM795F8865
GO Reference: GO-2016107-PRO-8913595.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ashford Hospital, London Road
Ashford
TW15 3AA
UK
Telephone: +44 1784884767
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The authority will incorporate a minimum of 10 day standstill period from the day after information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge or seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.
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 (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into, the contract award proceedings will be immediately suspended.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/10/2016