Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Service Level, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG
UK
Contact person: Mr Ryan Campbell-Webster
Telephone: +44 2072723070
E-mail: ryan.campbell-webster@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.lppsourcing.org
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.lppsourcing.org
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://www.lppsourcing.org
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.lppsourcing.org
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 Endoscopy Insourcing services at Royal Free London.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33168000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The endoscopy service at RFL would like to procure the services of an external supplier to provide endoscopy services to NHS patients on days and at locations, specified by the Trust. The purpose of this is in order to manage current activity levels and to ensure we have sufficient capacity to meet our predicted demand. This additional work will take place at weekends in order to maximise current trust facilities.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85111000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The current expectation is that Endoscopy Insourcing services will be delivered at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead site. However this may change during the life of the contract and services may be required to be delivered at other sites, for example at Chase Farm Hospital.
The trust wishes to put in place a 2-year contract with the external supplier, with the option of 4 extensions in 6 monthly increments (to a total of 4 years). This will allow the trust maximum flexibility when planning for next steps following this contract. The trust requires the pricing for the services to be at or below tariff.
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:
10 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The initial contract will be 2 years plus 4 optional extensions in 6 month increments (to a total of 4 years.).
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:
Yes
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
As a Light Touch Regime service, the trust have selected the Restricted Procurement route but with shortened timescales at the SQ and the ITT stages. This is to allow the trust to conduct a fair and competitive tender process, but within timescales proportionate to the service.
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:
25/10/2017
Local time: 10:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG
UK
Telephone: +44 2077940500
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/10/2017