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The supply of furniture & metal storage.

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

HealthTrust Europe LLP acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust ("UHCW”)
1 Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Attn: Raj Sandhu
B16 8TG Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1216871350
E-mail:
Fax +44 1216871345

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting authority https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk

Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

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

I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
Body governed by public law
Health
Other Please refer to Section II.1.5
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities Yes

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1)DESCRIPTION
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
The supply of furniture & metal storage.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)The notice involves
The establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 3
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
estimated cost excluding VAT 2 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
HealthTrust Europe would like to establish framework agreements for the supply of office, ward & residential furniture, metal storage products and a reuse and recycling service.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

39100000, 42914000, 39151300, 39151100, 39132100, 39131100, 39133000, 39131000, 39120000, 39110000

II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Yes
II.1.8)Division into lots
Yes
tenders should be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Variants will be accepted
No
II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope
II.2.2)Options
Yes
description of these options: Option to extend for up to 12 months.
II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

LOT NO: 1 TITLE Office furniture
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
Supply of all office furniture to include seating (excluding metal storage products).
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

39130000, 79934000, 39153000, 39110000, 39120000, 39134100, 39156000

3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

The contract as defined in this notice will be entered into by UHCW (and the Supplier(s)) acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the NHS and other contracting authorities as identified in Section II.1.5. HealthTrust Europe LLP has been appointed by UHCW as its agent to carry out certain procurement and logistics functions in relation to this contract. Any contracting authority wishing to access the contract may only do so with permission from HealthTrust. The contract conditions will be set out in the ITT. It is the intention to include certain contractual provisions regarding a management charge, which may be applied to purchases made under the contract awarded. Further details will be made available via the contract documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the Internet and may be through the medium of an electronic reverse auction. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement specific information: this exercise will be conducted on the HealthTrust portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest as follows: Register on the HealthTrust portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with the username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs open to all suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTS page. You can access any attachments by clicking buyer attachments (if required in III.2.1.1.ii) in the PQQ/ITT details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the submit response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the e-tendering help desk.

LOT NO: 2 TITLE Ward & residential furniture
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
Supply of all ward & residential furniture to include seating, bedside lockers, over-bed tables.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

39000000, 79934000, 39110000, 39143310, 39143121, 39143122, 39143123, 39143210

3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

The contract as defined in this notice will be entered into by UHCW (and the supplier(s)) acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the NHS and other contracting authorities as identified in Section II.1.5. HealthTrust Europe LLP has been appointed by UHCW as its agent to carry out certain procurement and logistics functions in relation to this contract. Any contracting authority wishing to access the contract may only do so with permission from HealthTrust. The contract conditions will be set out in the ITT. It is the intention to include certain contractual provisions regarding a management charge, which may be applied to purchases made under the contract awarded. Further details will be made available via the contract documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the internet and may be through the medium of an electronic reverse auction. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement specific information: this exercise will be conducted on the HealthTrust portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest as follows: register on the HealthTrust portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with the username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs open to all suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTS page. You can access any attachments by clicking buyer attachments (if required in III.2.1.1.ii) in the PQQ/ITT details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the submit response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the e-Tendering Help Desk.

LOT NO: 3 TITLE Metal storage products
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
Supply of metal storage products to include mobile shelving, medical record shelving, ward storage, lockers.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

39173000, 39131100, 39131000

3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

The contract as defined in this notice will be entered into by UHCW (and the supplier(s)) acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the NHS and other contracting authorities as identified in Section II.1.5. HealthTrust Europe LLP has been appointed by UHCW as its agent to carry out certain procurement and logistics functions in relation to this contract. Any contracting authority wishing to access the contract may only do so with permission from HealthTrust. The contract conditions will be set out in the ITT. It is the intention to include certain contractual provisions regarding a management charge, which may be applied to purchases made under the contract awarded. Further details will be made available via the contract documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the Internet and may be through the medium of an electronic reverse auction. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement specific information: this exercise will be conducted on the HealthTrust portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest as follows: Register on the HealthTrust portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with the username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs open to all suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTS page. You can access any attachments by clicking buyer attachments (if required in III.2.1.1.ii) in the PQQ/ITT details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the submit response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the e-Tendering Help Desk.

LOT NO: 4 TITLE Reuse & recycling service
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
A service whereby furniture can be repaired and reused and where appropriate recycled.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

50850000

3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

The contract as defined in this notice will be entered into by UHCW (and the supplier(s)) acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the NHS and other contracting authorities as identified in Section II.1.5. HealthTrust Europe LLP has been appointed by UHCW as its agent to carry out certain procurement and logistics functions in relation to this contract. Any contracting authority wishing to access the contract may only do so with permission from HealthTrust. The contract conditions will be set out in the ITT. It is the intention to include certain contractual provisions regarding a management charge, which may be applied to purchases made under the contract awarded. Further details will be made available via the contract documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the internet and may be through the medium of an electronic reverse auction. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement specific information: this exercise will be conducted on the HealthTrust portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest as follows: register on the HealthTrust portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with the username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs open to all suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTS page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments (if required in III.2.1.1.ii) in the PQQ/ITT details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the submit response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the e-Tendering Help Desk.

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required
Parent company or other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. See the invitation to offer for further details.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
Joint and several liability.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject
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 requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(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;
(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 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering. Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met (If applicable):
1) Entering general PQQ supplier information HeathTrust Europe utilizes the NHS supplier information database (sid4health) to manage and assess general pre-qualification information in the form of a profile.

Candidates are requested to provide their profile in sid4health as follows: i) Candidates should register on sid4health at http://www.sid4health.nhs.uk/home.action and submit their sid4health company profile for publication to the system. Candidates already registered on sid4health must ensure that information is up to date.

ii) Candidates should ensure all the relevant sections of their sid4health profile are completed to demonstrate their ability to meet the short-listing criteria applicable to this contract.

iii) Where access to sid4health is unavailable, please contact the sid4health Helpdesk at: .

III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met (if applicable) minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) Average turnover for the past 3 years is 3 times greater than the average annual estimated contract value
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As per requirements to complete sid4health profile - see III.2.1 for more information on how to complete sid4health profile.
III.2.4)Reserved contracts
III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
III.3.2)Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 3 maximum number 10
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)An electronic auction will be used
Yes
Maybe used to award final agreements.
IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
9.8.2011 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
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
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
No
VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
No
VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The contract as defined in this notice will be entered into by UHCW (and the supplier(s)) acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the NHS and other contracting authorities as identified in Section II.1.5. HealthTrust Europe LLP has been appointed by UHCW as its agent to carry out certain procurement and logistics functions in relation to this contract. Any contracting authority wishing to access the contract may only do so with permission from HealthTrust. The contract conditions will be set out in the ITT. It is the intention to include certain contractual provisions regarding a management charge, which may be applied to purchases made under the contract awarded. Further details will be made available via the contract documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the Internet and may be through the medium of an electronic reverse auction. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement specific information: this exercise will be conducted on the HealthTrust portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest as follows: register on the HealthTrust portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with the username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs open to all suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTS page. You can access any attachments by clicking buyer attachments (if required in III.2.1.1.ii) in the PQQ/ITT details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the submit response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the e-Tendering Help Desk.

VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
7.7.2011