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Secure Managed Service of Technology Assets to Improve Operational Productivity National Framework Agreement.

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool Road
For the attention of: Officer Senior Responsible
CH2 1UL Chester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1244365143
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.coch.nhs.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.coch-cps.co.uk

Electronic access to information: www.nhssourcing.co.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.nhssourcing.co.uk

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Health
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

As per those listed in the additional information field VI.3

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Secure Managed Service of Technology Assets to Improve Operational Productivity National Framework Agreement.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 7: Computer and related services

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 000 000 and 100 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
A secure managed service of integrated technology products, software solutions and managed services provided by a single supplier will need to show increased saving opportunities, improvements to productivity, and reductions in administration costs. The secure service needs to ensure that any asset containing sensitive and confidential information complies with the requirements of the law (e.g. on a server, personal computer, printing device or electronic and paper documents), security must cover every entry point with multiple layers of protection. The NHS needs security solutions that are simple to deploy, manage and customise, whilst also remaining accessible for employees to use.
At a high-level, the solution must provide:
- Technology Assets under a Managed Service;
- Asset security, tracking compliance and monitoring;
- Asset optimisation and management tools;
- Full security for data and documents;
- Document management and storage;
- Automated work-flow processes from analogue and digital sources.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72222300, 30213300, 79999100, 48810000, 30210000, 79996100, 30213200, 44316400, 48600000, 79800000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The contracting authority will treat an economic operator as ineligible or decide not to select an economic operator in accordance with these Regulations on 1 or more of the following grounds, namely that the economic operator:
(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 for compulsory winding up or 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 judgment 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 contracting 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 organisation, 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 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; OJ/S S145 31.7.2007 180265-2007-EN European Communities âEUR” Supply contracts âEUR” Restricted procedure 3/4 31.7.2007 S145

http://www.ted.europa.eu

European Communities âEUR” Supply contracts âEUR” Restricted procedure Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union 3/4
(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 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information on Economic and Financial ability is requested within the Pre Requisite Appendix 1.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: This document contains Economic and Financial exclusion criteria.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Information on Technical capacity is requested within the Pre Requisite Appendix 1.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
This document contains Technical Capacity exclusion criteria.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
F/031/MSTA/16/RB
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 6.6.2016 - 10:00
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
6.6.2016 - 10:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
6.5.2016
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest and bid for this Tender:

1. Browse to the esourcing portal https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk and click on view current opportunities;

2. Select the Title of the Tender;
3. Review the MOI, ITT and Appendix 1 (you may do this without registering);
4. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once);
5. Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue', Enter your correct business and user details, Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure);
6. Login to the portal with the username/password;
7. Click the 'PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier);
8. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content;
9. Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page This will move the PQQ/ITT into your 'My PQQs/My ITTs' page (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) âEUR” You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ITT Details' box.
10. Responding to the tender Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) You can now use the Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
11. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for use by all UK public sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations); however it is anticipated that its core use will be within the NHS, therefore to provider bidders with information on potential users of the Framework Agreement the following organisations are considered the core client base:
Clinical Commissioning Group’s, NHS Trust’s, Special Health Authorities, The Care Quality Commission, National Institute for Health Care Excellence, known as NICE, The Health and Social Care Information Centre, The Secretary of State, relevant Welsh health service bodies, NHS Foundation Trusts, Academic Health Science Networks, The NHS Trust Development Authority, Monitor, Health Education England including Local Education and Training Boards (LETB) constituted as committees of Health Education England, NHS Health Research Authority, The Department of Health, Executive agencies of the Department of Health including but not limited to Public Health England, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the National Institute of Health Research, Arms Length Bodies of the Department of Health not otherwise listed in this Contract Notice including but not limited to NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Litigation Authority, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and the Human Tissue Authority, Any provider of primary medical services under a GMS, PMS or APMS contract, All Local Authorities, as defined under section 1 the Local Government Act 2000 including Health and Well Being Boards established by any Local Authority, including as listed and maintained on the following URLs:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/category/arms-length-bodies

http://www.england.nhs.uk/ccg-details/

http://www.general-practitioners-uk.co.uk

http://www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/about-nhs-foundation-trusts/nhs-foundation-trust-directory?letter=AllFT

http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx

http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/caretrustlisting.aspx

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

http://openlylocal.com/councils/all

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/1/made

http://www.4icu.org/gb/uk-universities.htm

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing

VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract 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 contract is entered into
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).
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
6.5.2016