Provision of patient transport and associated services.
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Bernicia House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
For the attention of: Kevin Lewis
NE15 8NY Newcastle upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1914302147
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1914302074
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: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of patient transport and associated services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 2: Land transport services [2], including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: North-east England.
Service category No 2: Land transport services [2], including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: North-east England.
NUTS code UKC
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 several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 25
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 25
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 10 000 000 GBPII.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Provision of patient transport and associated services.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
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: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: yes
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Provision of patient transport and associated services.
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
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: Provision of patient transport service stretcher carrying vehicle with oxygen therapy with double crew within the Northumberland and North of Tyne Area1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service stretcher carrying vehicle with oxygen therapy with double crew within the Northumberland and North of Tyne Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
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: Provision of patient transport service stretcher carrying vehicle with oxygen therapy with double crew within the South of Tyne and North Durham Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service stretcher carrying vehicle with oxygen therapy with double crew within the South of Tyne and North Durham Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service stretcher carrying vehicle with oxygen therapy with double crew within the South Durham and Teesside Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service stretcher carrying vehicle with oxygen therapy with double crew within the South Durham and Teesside Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 4 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service vehicle with wheelchair carrying capabilites and oxygen therapy with double crew within the Northumberland and North Tyne Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service vehicle with wheelchair carrying capabilites and oxygen therapy with double crew within the Northumberland and North Tyne Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 5 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service vehicle with wheelchair carrying capabilites and oxygen therapy with double crew within the South Tyne and North Durham Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service vehicle with wheelchair carrying capabilites and oxygen therapy with double crew within the South Tyne and North Durham Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 6 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service vehicle with wheelchair carrying capabilites and oxygen therapy with double crew within the South Durham and Teesside Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service vehicle with wheelchair carrying capabilites and oxygen therapy with double crew within the South Durham and Teesside Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 7 Lot title: Provision of urgent care double crew vehicle with stretcher carrying capability with one IHCD technician and one non paramedic support across the whole operating area of the Trust from time to time
1)Short description
Provision of urgent care double crew vehicle with stretcher carrying capability with one IHCD technician and one non paramedic support across the whole operating area of the Trust from time to time.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 8 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service wheelchair carrying vehicle without oxygen therapy, for wheelchair and walk in patients, with two care assistants in the Northumberland and North Tyne Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service wheelchair carrying vehicle without oxygen therapy, for wheelchair and walk in patients, with two care assistants in the Northumberland and North Tyne Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 9 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service wheelchair carrying vehicle without oxygen therapy, for wheelchair and walk in patients, with two care assistants in the South Tyne and North Durham Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service wheelchair carrying vehicle without oxygen therapy, for wheelchair and walk in patients, with two care assistants in the South Tyne and North Durham Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 10 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service wheelchair carrying vehicle without oxygen therapy, for wheelchair and walk in patients, with two care assistants in the South Durham and Teesside Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service wheelchair carrying vehicle without oxygen therapy, for wheelchair and walk in patients, with two care assistants in the South Durham and Teesside Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 11 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service vehicle without oxygen therapy, for walk in patients, with two care assistants in the Northumberland and North Tyne Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service vehicle without oxygen therapy, for walk in patients, with two care assistants in the Northumberland and North Tyne Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 12 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service vehicle without oxygen therapy, for walk in patients, with two care assistants in the South Tyne and North Durham Area.
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service vehicle without oxygen therapy, for walk in patients, with two care assistants in the South Tyne and North Durham Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 13 Lot title: Provision of patient transport service vehicle without oxygen therapy, for walk in patients, with two care assistants in the South Durham and Teesside Area
1)Short description
Provision of patient transport service vehicle without oxygen therapy, for walk in patients, with two care assistants in the South Durham and Teesside Area.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60130000 - EA27 - EA26, 60112000, 60100000
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:
The contracting authority reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds, insurance cover, and/or other forms of security cover it deems appropriate.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Further details will be provided to those who express an interest in this opportunity and/or are invited to tender.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Groupings of bidders may be required to form a seperate limited company and/or that one takes full responsibility and/or that each takes joint and several liability.
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: Please see pre quallification questionaire.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please see pre quallification questionaire.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Please see pre quallification questionaire.
Please see pre quallification questionaire.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes
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 25
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Financial stability of organisation proof of successful track record of similar contracts in the past no previous convictions for legal infractions.
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Financial stability of organisation proof of successful track record of similar contracts in the past no previous convictions for legal infractions.
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
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 10.3.2014 - 17:00
Payable documents: no
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
10.3.2014
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: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 30 months.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 30 months.
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
Tenders and all supporting documents to be priced in sterling and invoices will be paid in sterling.
Any resultant contract will be considered a contract made in England, according to English Law and subfect to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
The contracting authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any tender, and reserve the right to cancel this award procedure at any time.
The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or in tendering for this opportunity.
All dates and figures detailed in this contract notice are approximate and subject to change.
Any resultant contract will be considered a contract made in England, according to English Law and subfect to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
The contracting authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any tender, and reserve the right to cancel this award procedure at any time.
The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or in tendering for this opportunity.
All dates and figures detailed in this contract notice are approximate and subject to change.
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:
31.1.2014
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