Supply and Delivery of Technical Grade Sodium Bicarbonate.
Contract notice
Supplies
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Procurement Department, Box 200, Hills Road
Contact point(s): Kevin Macey
For the attention of: Kevin Macey - Head of Procurement
CB2 0QQ Cambridge
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1223274304
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1223257041
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.cuh.org.uk
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 and Delivery of Technical Grade Sodium Bicarbonate.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Purchase
NUTS code UKH1
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: 4II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
To supply and deliver 25 tonne bulk loads of 40 micron technical grade sodium bicarbonate for use in pollution abatement equipment on the Trusts two 350 kg/hr clinical waste incinerators at the rate of 1 per calendar month. (Equivalent to a minimum of 300 tonnes per annum).
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
24313320
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
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
To supply and deliver 25 tonne bulk loads of 40 micron technical grade sodium bicarbonate for use in pollution abatement equipment on the Trusts two 350 kg/hr clinical waste incinerators at the rate of 1 per calendar month. (Equivalent to a minimum of 300 tonnes per annum).
Deliveries to be made between the hours of 17:00 hrs and 8:00 hrs Monday to Friday, except by special arrangement.
The contractor is to provide additional loads of sodium bicarbonate on request within four working days of receipt of request, the additional loads to be charged at the contract load rate.
Addenbrookes Hospital stores Sodium Bicarbonate in a 28 tonne capacity heated silo. Unloading will be via a pressurised road tanker. Venting of the silo during chemical transfer is provided using a self cleaning filter system.
Acting as the lead contracting authority, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to establish this framework for the Trust and other NHS bodies in the UK including (but not limited to) all NHS Acute Trusts, all NHS Mental Health Trusts, all NHS Foundation Trusts and all Primary Care Trusts (and their statutory successors and organisations created as a result of re-organisation or organisational changes in relation to all these types of bodies). The framework will also be available for all newly formed or merged NHS Trusts.
Further information about the NHS bodies, which are able to use this framework, can be found at:
Deliveries to be made between the hours of 17:00 hrs and 8:00 hrs Monday to Friday, except by special arrangement.
The contractor is to provide additional loads of sodium bicarbonate on request within four working days of receipt of request, the additional loads to be charged at the contract load rate.
Addenbrookes Hospital stores Sodium Bicarbonate in a 28 tonne capacity heated silo. Unloading will be via a pressurised road tanker. Venting of the silo during chemical transfer is provided using a self cleaning filter system.
Acting as the lead contracting authority, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to establish this framework for the Trust and other NHS bodies in the UK including (but not limited to) all NHS Acute Trusts, all NHS Mental Health Trusts, all NHS Foundation Trusts and all Primary Care Trusts (and their statutory successors and organisations created as a result of re-organisation or organisational changes in relation to all these types of bodies). The framework will also be available for all newly formed or merged NHS Trusts.
Further information about the NHS bodies, which are able to use this framework, can be found at:
http://www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/home/about-nhs-foundation-trusts/nhs-foundation-trust-directory
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListings.aspx
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListings.aspx
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
If it is considered appropriate by the Trust an indemnity, guarantee, bond or other form of appropriate security may be 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:
Joint and several liability will be required.
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: In accordance with Articles 45 and 46 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 23 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: In accordance with Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 24 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
In accordance with Article 48 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.
In accordance with Article 48 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.
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: no
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
Envisaged number of operators: 5
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no
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:
ADD/PU/KM/11/29
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: 20.3.2012
Payable documents: yes
Payable documents: yes
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
26.3.2012
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
in days: 120 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening 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
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hills Road
CB2 0QQ Cambridge
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: www.cuh.org.uk
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point the decision regarding the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The standstill period shall be in accordance with Regulation 32A of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
2.2.2012