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Supply of Wound Dressings to Berkshire CCG's and BHFT.

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Central Southern Commissioning Support Unit
Wessex House, 22 Oxford Road
For the attention of: Alan Potter
RG14 1PA Newbury
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 07825099711
E-mail:

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

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Supply of Wound Dressings to Berkshire CCG's and BHFT.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Delivery of Wound Dressings (circa twice per week) to each of circa 125 locations in Berkshire.

NUTS code UKJ11

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: 3

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

Estimated value excluding VAT: 7 500 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Under a Framework Agreement
The requirement is for a wide range of Wound Dressings to be delivered (approx twice per week) to each of circa 125 sites in Berkshire. All Dressings supplied must comply with the Customers formularies. It is likely that the supplier will need to also proviIde an effective electronic ordering and information system.
NHS Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Goods will apply.
The following NHS organisations will be party to this tender:
- NHS Newbury and District CCG,
- NHS North and West Reading CCG,
- NHS South Reading CCG,
- NHS Wokingham CCG,
- NHS Windsor Ascot and Maidenhead CCG,
- NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG,
- NHS Slough CCG,
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33141110

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
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of these options: The Framework Agreement will be for 3 years with the option to extend by a further 12 months.
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:
We reserve the right to require deposites and gurantees.
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:
No special form is required but each supplier will be required to become jointly and severally responsible for the contract before acceptance.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
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: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk and click the link to register;

- 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 email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password;
- Click the ‘PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender 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. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ITT Details' box.
3. 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 PQQ/ 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.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
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
Restricted
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 5: and maximum number 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Evaluation will be based on Pre-Qualification Questionnaire responses.
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:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
14.10.2013 - 17:00
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 of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. See section 111.2.1 for details.
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:
13.9.2013