SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Freeman Hospital, High Heaton
Attn: Rachael Whitton
NE7 7DN Newcastle upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1912137524
E-mail:
Rachael.Whitton@nuth.nhs.ukFax +44 1912231051
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
Other NHS Foundation Trust
Health
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
Contract for the provision of emergency disinfection services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Services
Service category: No 14
Main place of performance Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon
Tyne The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon
Tyne Walkergate Hospital, Benfield Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.
II.1.3) The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Contract for the provision of emergency disinfection services to include
Internal wall washing and associated disinfection services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90911200, 90910000
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Yes
II.1.
Division into lots
No
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted
No
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded
No legal form is required but each supplier to become jointly and
severally responsible for the Contract before acceptance.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject
Yes
NHS Conditions of Contract will apply.
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: NHS Conditions of Contract will apply. 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 10.6.1991 on prevention
of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met: Any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the
following in the requisite manner:
Two options:
The Trust utilises the NHS supplier information database (Sid4Health) to
manage and assess general pre-qualification information in the form of a
profile. Candidates are requested to publish their profile on the
Sid4Health as follows and provide their DUNS number and confirmation of
Sid4health profile publication along with their expression of interest:
a) candidates can register on Sid4health at
http://www.sid4health.nhs.ukby clicking on the Register Organisation tab and select the Supplier
button. To continue with the registration process Suppliers must have a
current DUNS Number. If a Supplier does not have a DUNS Number there is a
link to the D&B UK website to request a DUNS Supplier Number. Suppliers
who already have a published profile on Sid4Health must confirm that
information is up to date;
b) candidates should ensure all relevant sections of their NHS Sid4Health
profile are completed to demonstrate their ability to meet the short
listing criteria applicable to this contract. Where access to NHS
Sid4Health is unavailable, please contact NHS Sid4Health helpdesk at
help@sid4health.nhs.ukOr:
Provide directly to the contact details the following information:
— statements of overall turnover in respect of the specific products
offered in connection with the proposed contract for the previous 3
financial years,
— last published annual report and accounts, or where not available,
equivalent information required under the law or the Member State where
the organisation is established,
— company registration number and address,
— VAT registration number,
— details of parent company, and other group companies if applicable.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met:
(i) a list of major contracts won, and their value, in the last 3 years;
(ii) a description of the supplier's technical facilities and measures for
controlling quality, including reference to any independently certified
audit standard achieved;
(iii) if necessary a check my be made by the controlling authority, or a
competent official body in the supplier's country or origin acting on
their behalf on production capacities and quality-control measures.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts
No
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
No
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service
No
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted
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
No
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
T/10/269
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing
documents 20.1.2011
Payable documents No
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
20.1.2011
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates
31.1.2011
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up
English.
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.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
20.12.2010