Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
East Midlands Procurement Portal
Level 3, London Road Community Hospital, London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY
UK
Contact person: Joe Fowke
Telephone: +44 1332258232
E-mail: joe.fowke@nhs.net
Fax: +44 1332258232
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/primary/pharmacy/empc/
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://emprocurenhs.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://emprocurenhs.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
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
Framework Agreement for the supply of Balanced Salt Solution.
Reference number: D80.D50.397
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33600000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
This specification details the requirements for the provision of a service to supply Balanced Salt Solution products for use in participating Trusts.
Balanced Salt Solution is a sterile solution which is used for irrigation during various surgical procedures of the eyes. This project will review the use of balanced salt solutions within the East Midlands and look to provide a cost/service improvement through an OJEU tender process.
EMPC, acting on behalf of participating Trusts, reserves the right to award to more than one supplier to achieve the aims of this tender.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of balanced salt solution to participating trusts, in line with the agreed specification. Estimated usage is 19060 per year by our Trust members.
East Midlands Pharmacy Collaboration (EMPC) is a procurement collaborative hosted by Royal Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, acting as an agent on behalf of its Member Organisations. The member organisations currently working with EMPC and who may purchase under any contract awarded through this process are found at http://www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/primary/pharmacy/empc/ .
The following bodies with consent from EMPC may also have access to this Framework Agreement:
The public and voluntary sector bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the United Kingdom as defined in Regulation 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as well as all contracting authorities and entities in the European Union as defined in the Annexes to Commission Decision 2008/963/EC as may be updated from time to time. In particular, it is envisaged that this framework agreement will be used by the following entities in the United Kingdom as described below (particularly where such entities are of a health and/or social care nature):
All National Health Service (NHS) bodies in England, including but not limited to:
— Acute trusts (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx
— Health and care trusts (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx
— Mental health trusts (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx
— Clinical commissioning groups (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx
— Ambulance trusts (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx
— Area teams (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx; Special health authorities http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx
NHS England (formerly the NHS Commissioning Board); and clinical senates and strategic clinical networks.
Her Majesty's Prison Service (as detailed at www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmps)
The above list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and any associated organisations created as a result of any organisational changes.
In addition, the use of this framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the United Kingdom and/or any country in the European Union which are of a health and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organisations.
Furthermore, and if provided for in the contract documents, EMPC may extend the scope and benefit of the framework agreement to any private sector (i.e. all non-public sector) organisations operating in the United Kingdom and/or any country in the European Union which are of a health and/or social care nature who may also use this framework agreement. Whilst EMPC is not required by procurement legislation to do so, it has extended the principles of the public tendering so as to assure its private sector customers of best value and open and transparent processes. In the United Kingdom these entities are registered with the Care Quality Commission (a list of providers can be found at http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/cqc_locations_export.csv In the European Union, such entities are regulated by equivalent regulatory bodies, each of which maintains an equivalent list.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
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:
With the option of extending for a further 24 months.
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 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 a single operator.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
06/10/2017
Local time: 17:00
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: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
06/09/2017
Local time: 17:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
EMPC is a procurement collaborative hosted by Derby Hospitals NHS Trust, acting as an agent on behalf of its Member Organisations. The member organisations currently working with EMPC and who may purchase under any contract awarded through this process are as follows:
— United Lincolnshire Hospitals;
— Northampton General Hospital;
— Kettering General Hospital;
— Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
— Sherwood Forest Hospitals;
— University Hospitals of Leicester;
— Nottingham University Hospitals;
— Chesterfield Royal Hospital;
— Walsall Manor Hospital.
Other Member Trusts:
— Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust;
— Nottinghamshire Healthcare;
— Northampton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Variants may be accepted at the member organisations' discretion provided that they meet the core requirements as set out in the Invitation to Tender. Tenders and all supporting documents must be priced in Sterling and completed in English (or full English translation provided at no cost). Any contract entered into be considered a contract made in England according to English Law and which shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. The member organisations and EMPC are not and shall not be liable for any costs by those expressing an interest or concern for this contract opportunity. The member organisations and the host member reserves the right at all times acting in its absolute discretion, not to award a contract, to make what changes to the structure, format, procedures, CPV codes and timing of the procurement process and to cancel or vary the process in its entirety or any part of it.].
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
East Midlands Pharmacy Collaborative
London Road Community Hospital
Derby
DE1 2QY
UK
Telephone: +44 1332787861
E-mail: joe.fowke@nhs.net
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
East Midlands Pharmacy Collaborative will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the EMPC before the contract is entered into. Applicants have two working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing, and that information has to be provided a minimum of three working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested via the Bravo eTendering system using the messaging facility within the appropriate ITT. 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 for are at risk from harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/09/2017