Framework agreement for the supply of X-Ray Contrast Media and Associated Products.
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’)
19 George Road, Edgbaston
For the attention of: Coombes Lauren
B15 1NU Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8458875000
E-mail:
Fax: +44 8458874973
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic access to information: 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
NUTS code IE,UK
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 2433696800, 33111600, 33151200, 33111700
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
Number of possible renewals: 2
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: X-Ray Contrast Media33696800
33111300, 50421200, 33151200
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.33696800, 33151200
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.33696800, 33151200
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
HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Section IV: Procedure
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below
1. Price. Weighting 40
2. Raw material supply and delivery. Weighting 15
3. Labelling. Weighting 5
4. Packaging. Weighting 5
5. Quality control. Weighting 15
6. Supplier performance. Weighting 15
7. Ordering and invoicing. Weighting 5
Section VI: Complementary information
https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk
HTE is a central purchasing body who is able to carry out this tender exercise by virtue of its appointment as an agent of UHCW.Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with UHCW, it is HTE that will conduct this tender exercise and will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders.
This tender exercise is for the benefit of all the public and voluntary bodies listed further below in this Section II.1.5).
For the avoidance of doubt, UHCW is Not carrying out this tender - your contact point is HTE using the details given in Section I.1)
Powered by Bravo Solution eSourcing Technology 5 / 23 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 2015 as well as all contracting authorities and entities in the European Union as defined in the Annexes to Commission Decision 2008/963/EC as may be updated from time to time. In particular, it is envisaged that this 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):
(1) 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 Powered by BravoSolution eSourcing Technology 5 / 28 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;
(2) 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).
(3) 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).
(4) 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.
(5) 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 Web Check service).(6) Ministerial departments and non-ministerial departments of central government, Powered by Bravo Solution eSourcing Technology 6 / 23 non-departmental agencies and other public bodies, and public corporations (a list of which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations).
(7) 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/publicbodies/ 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).
(8) All local authorities (a list of which can be found at: http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/Start.do?mode=1).
(9) 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.
(10) All educational establishments (a list of which can be found at: http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase).
(11) 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).
(12) Registered charities (a list of which can be found at: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities).
(13) Her Majesty's Prison Service (as detailed at www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmps)
(14) 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 Powered by BravoSolution eSourcing Technology 6 / 28 organisational changes.In addition, 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 who may also use this framework agreement.
Whilst HTE is 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.
In the United Kingdom these 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 Powered by BravoSolution eSourcing Technology 7 / 23 Union, such entities are regulated by equivalent regulatory bodies, each of which maintains an equivalent list. In purchasing goods and/or services or awarding contracts under the framework agreement, HTE is:(a) acting in its capacity as agent for UHCW in relation to the public and voluntary sector bodies listed above only; and
(b) acting in its capacity as principal in relation to the private sector bodies (and not as agent of UHCW).
Please note additional information is given about this tender exercise at Section VI.3) II.1.6)
Terms and conditions / activity based income (ABI) The full terms and conditions of this framework agreement and any resulting call-off contract will be appended to the Invitation to Tender.
These terms and conditions include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an activity based income management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement and the management and administration by HTE of the overall contractual structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
Submission of expressions of interest and procurement specific information +++ Bravo Portal +++ This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo 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 Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at
Sid4Gov HTE 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 pre-populate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal, and therefore candidates must complete the Qualification and Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.