Framework Agreement for the Provision of Anaesthetic and Oxygen Therapy Consumables.
Contract notice
Supplies
Section I: Contracting authority
HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust ("UHCW”)
1 Hagley Road, Edgbaston
For the attention of: Claude Lewis
B16 8TG Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 6871350
E-mail:
Fax: +44 6871345
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.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)
Other: Please refer to Section II.1.5
Section II: Object of the contract
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: National Framework Agreement.
NUTS code UK
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds four years: The Framework Agreement will be for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year period (potential maximum life of the agreement will be 4 years).
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:Range: between 1 000 000 and 5 900 000 GBP
HTE is seeking to award a Framework Agreement acting as agent for the UHCW for the Provision of Anaesthetic and Oxygen Therapy Consumables. In that respect this OJEU notice relates to procurement activity in respect of the contracting authorities identified below. HTE and UHCW may however, extend the scope and benefit of the Framework Agreement to the private sector and, whilst not required by procurement legislation to do so, it has extended the principles of the public tendering so as to assure its private sector customers of best value and open and transparent processes.
It is intended by this OJEU notice that the following will apply:
(i) in purchasing Goods and/or Services or awarding contracts under this Framework Agreement HTE is acting in its capacity as Agent for UHCW in relation to contracting authorities only; and
(ii) in purchasing Goods and/or Services or awarding contracts under this Framework Agreement HTE, insofar as it relates to private sector procurement, HTE is acting in its capacity as Principal and not as agent of UHCW.
The public and voluntary sector bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the United Kingdom as defined in Regulation 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 as well as all contracting authorities and entities in the European Union as defined Annexes to Commission Decision 2008/963/EC. In particular, it is envisaged that this contract/framework agreement will be used by the following entities in the United Kingdom as described below (particularly where such entities are of a health and/or social care nature):
- All National Health Service (NHS) bodies in England, including but not limited to (i) acute trusts (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx); (ii) health and care trusts (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx);(iii) mental health trusts (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx); (iv) clinical commissioning groups (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx); (v) ambulance trusts (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx); (vi) area teams (a list of which can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx); (vii) special health authorities (http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx); (viii) NHS England (formerly the NHS Commissioning Board); and (ix) clinical senates and strategic clinical networks.
- All NHS bodies in Wales, including but not limited to all (i) health boards; (ii) NHS trusts; (iii) the national delivery group; (iv) community health councils; and (v) NHS Wales shared services partnership (a list of which can be found at http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure).
- All NHS bodies in Scotland, including but not limited to (i) NHS trusts; (ii) Special NHS Boards; and (iii) national and support organisations (a list of which can be found at http://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/nat_orgs.aspx).
- All NHS bodies in Northern Ireland (known as Health & Social Care), including but not limited to (i) health and social care trusts (a list of which can be found at http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts); (ii) health agencies (a list of which can be found at http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=agencies); (iii) hospitals (a list of which can be found at http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=hospitals) and (iv) the Health and Social Care Board.
- All social enterprises undertaking some or all of what were previously the service provider functions of contracting authorities in relation to health and/or social care services (including charitable incorporated organisations, cooperatives, industrial and provident societies and community interest companies as listed on the Companies House WebCheck service).- Ministerial departments and non-ministerial departments of central government, non-departmental agencies and other public bodies, and public corporations (a list of which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations).
- Devolved governmental and parliamentary organisations within the United Kingdom, including but not limited the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, and Scottish public bodies (a list of which can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies), as well as the Welsh Government, Welsh Assembly and Welsh unitary authorities (a list of which can be found at http://wales.gov.uk/topics/localgovernment/localauthorities/?lang=en).
- All local authorities (a list of which can be found at http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/Start.do?mode=1).
- All emergency services including police (http://www.police.uk/forces.htm), fire and rescue services (a list of which can be found at http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs), the maritime and coastguard agency and other rescue authorities.
- All educational establishments (a list of which can be found at http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase).
- Registered providers of social housing on a not for profit basis (a list of which can be found at http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/ourwork/registered-provider-information).
- Registered charities (a list of which can be found at http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities).
- Her Majesty's Prison Service (as detailed at www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmps)
- The Ministry of Defence (as detailed at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence)
The above list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and any associated organisations created as a result of any organisational changes.The use of this framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the United Kingdom and/or any country in the European Union which are of a health and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organisations.
Furthermore, and if provided for in the contract documents, HTE may extend the scope and benefit of the framework agreement to any private sector (i.e. all non-public sector) organisations operating in the United Kingdom and/or any country in the European Union which are of a health and/or social care nature may also use this framework agreement. In the United Kingdom such entities are registered with the Care Quality Commission (a list of providers can be found at http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/cqc_locations_export.csv). In the European Union, such entities are regulated by equivalent regulatory bodies, each of which maintains an equivalent list.
33140000, 33157000, 33171100, 33157110, 33157100, 33171110, 33157200, 33172100, 33157400, 42913500, 35814000, 33670000, 33172000, 33171200, 33171210, 33141220
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 5 900 000 GBP
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Anaesthetic Consumables33140000, 33171100, 33157000, 33157110, 33171110, 33157100, 33157200, 33172100, 33157400, 33171000, 33670000, 33172000, 42514310, 33172200, 33171210
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 2 500 000 GBP
The contract as defined in this notice will be entered into by UHCW (and the Supplier(s)) acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the NHS and other contracting authorities as identified in Section II.1.5). HTE has been appointed by UHCW as its agent to carry out certain procurement and logistics functions in relation to this contract. HTE has the right to subcontract the provision of logistics to a third party provider, and therefore goods supplied under this framework agreement may be required to be distributed using such third party provider. Any contracting authority wishing to access the contract may only do so with permission from HTE. The contract conditions will be set out in the ITT. It is the intention to include certain contractual provisions regarding an Activity Based Income Charge, payable by the supplier(s) to HTE management charge, which may be applied to purchases made under the contract awarded. Further details will be made available via the contract documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the Internet and may be through the medium of an electronic reverse auction. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement specific information: This exercise will be conducted on the HTE portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with the username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs 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. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments (if required in III.2.1.1).ii) in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the e-Tendering Help Desk.
33140000, 33171100, 33157000, 33157110, 33171110, 33157100, 33157200, 33172100, 33157400, 33670000, 33171200, 33172000, 42514310, 33172200
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 2 500 000 GBP
The contract as defined in this notice will be entered into by UHCW (and the Supplier(s)) acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of the NHS and other contracting authorities as identified in Section II.1.5). HTE has been appointed by UHCW as its agent to carry out certain procurement and logistics functions in relation to this contract. HTE has the right to subcontract the provision of logistics to a third party provider, and therefore goods supplied under this framework agreement may be required to be distributed using such third party provider. Any contracting authority wishing to access the contract may only do so with permission from HTE. The contract conditions will be set out in the ITT. It is the intention to include certain contractual provisions regarding an Activity Based Income Charge, payable by the supplier(s) to HTE management charge, which may be applied to purchases made under the contract awarded. Further details will be made available via the contract documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the Internet and may be through the medium of an electronic reverse auction. SUbmission of expressions of interest and procurement specific information: This exercise will be conducted on the HTE portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with the username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs 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. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments (if required in III.2.1.1).ii) in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the e-Tendering Help Desk.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
HealthTrust Europe utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates are requested to register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at
Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HealthTrust Europe's Bravo portal, and therefore candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.As per requirements to complete sid4gov profile - see III.2.1 for more information on how to complete sid4gov profile.
Section IV: Procedure
Section VI: Complementary information
Submission of expressions of interest and procurement specific information: This exercise will be conducted on the HTE portal known as Bravo. Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest as follows: Register on the HTE Bravo portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with the username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs 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. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments (if required in III.2.1.1).ii) in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the e-Tendering Help Desk.