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Framework agreement for the supply of Orthopaedic, Trauma and Cranial Maxillofacial Implants and Associated Products.

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

University Hospitals of Leicester
Finance and Procurement, c/o Leicestershire County Council Room G60, Glenfield
Contact point(s): www.supplying2nhs.com
LE3 8TB Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM

Internet address(es):

Address of the buyer profile: www.supplying2nhs.com

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: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Framework agreement for the supply of Orthopaedic, Trauma and Cranial Maxillofacial Implants and Associated Products.
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: Leicester.

NUTS code UKF21

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

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 3
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Framework agreement(s) for the supply of Orthopaedic Prostheses, including Hips; Knees; Trauma and associated products (to include but not limited to internal fixation, external fixation, endoprostheses and spinal and maxillo facial.); Spinal; Power Tools and Consumables (to include but not limited to Cement Mixing Systems, Pulse Lavage, Cutting Tools and Drills, Vacuum, Orthobiologics, Guide and K wires).
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33183200, 33183100, 33141770, 33141700, 33141750, 33162000, 33169000, 33162200, 33184100, 33190000, 33697110, 42122410

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
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
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Orthopaedic, trauma and CMF implants
1)Short description
Section 1 - Hips. Primary; Revision Hips;
Section 2 - Knees. Primary. Knees: Revision Knees;
Section 3 - Trauma;
Section 3.1 Trauma: Lower Limb: Section 3.2 Trauma: Upper Limb;
Section 3.3 Trauma: Hands; Section 3.4 Trauma: CMF; Section 3.5 External Fixation Systems;
Section 4 - Spine;
Section 5 - Arthroscopy.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33183200, 33183100, 33141770, 33141700, 33141750, 33162000, 33169000, 33162200, 33184100, 33190000, 33697110, 42122410

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Power tools and Consumables
1)Short description
Standard Power tools; Cement mixing and delivery; Pulse Lavage; Cutting Tools, Blades and Drills; Ablation Wands; Orthobiologics; Guide wire/K Wire.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33183200, 33183100, 33141770, 33141700, 33141750, 33162000, 33169000, 33162200, 33184100, 33190000, 33697110, 42122410

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots

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:
No special legal form is required. Tenderers would be expected to become jointly and severally liable for the contract before acceptance.
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: 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 compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(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;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26 May 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.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (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 of these turnovers is available.
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
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:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
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
4.3.2014 - 19:00
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
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

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

Interested parties must express interest via the www.supplying2nhs.com e-tendering portal. The Trust reserves the right not to award any contracts or agreements from this exercise should it be unbeneficial to do so. Whilst it is anticipated that the Trust will award majority/minority frameworks, based on market share, the right is reserved to divide the resultant agreement(s) into sections and subsections should it be beneficial to do so. The Trust will not bear any costs associated with submission of any tender.

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:
16.1.2014