Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1UL
UK
Telephone: +44 1244363479
E-mail: info@coch-cps.co.uk
NUTS: UKD63
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.coch.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
The eligible users of the proposed framework agreement are available for unrestricted and fulldirect access, free of charge at: https://www.coch-cps.co.uk/our-services/our-frameworks/
UK
UK
E-mail: info@coch-cps.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.coch-cps.co.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Managed Service of Technology Assets National Framework Agreement
Reference number: F/031/MSTA/20/MH
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72222300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, through its commercial procurement services, wishes to award a single-supplier national framework agreement for the provision of a secure managed service of technology assets to public sector organisations.
Further details are provided in the invitation to tender accompanying this contract notice, which can be viewed at www.nhssourcing.co.uk.
The supplier appointed to the framework must be able to meet all aspects of the specification. Client organisations will, however, be able to contract for individual service elements of the service as required.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
5 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30000000
30210000
30213200
30213300
48600000
48810000
72000000
72500000
79000000
79800000
79900000
79996100
79999100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, through it's Commercial Procurement Services, wishes to establish a framework which will allow NHS authorities and other public sector bodies to procure a provider with a secure managed service of technology assets.
This framework will be a single-supplier framework and as such no further competition will be required. Client organisations may call off services as and when required directly from the successful supplier.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical — assets and asset management
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Technical — security
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Technical — printing
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Technical — documents
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Technical — support
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Technical — storage and distribution
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Technical — configuration
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Technical — consultancy
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Technical — strategy
/ Weighting: 20
Cost criterion: Commercial evaluation
/ Weighting: 20
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
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:
2020/S 098-236156
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Managed Service of Technology Assets
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14/09/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Clares Office Supplies Ltd
Portsmouth
UK
NUTS: UKJ31
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 5 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
London
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution
London
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the framework agreement is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the framework agreement is entered into.
The Public Contract regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chester
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/09/2020