Sensory Impairment Interpreting Service.
Contract award notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Supplies, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street
For the attention of: Lorraine Burrow
LS1 3EX Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1133928271
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1133928316
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
Sensory Impairment Interpreting Service.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: All Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Properties.
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: All Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Properties.
NUTS code UKE
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Contract for the provision of a Sensory Impairment Interpreting Service to include sign language, lip speaking, note taking, and deaf-blind guide communicator services.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79530000
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
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
1. Price. Weighting 40
2. Service and support. Weighting 30
3. Quality of interpreters. Weighting 30
1. Price. Weighting 40
2. Service and support. Weighting 30
3. Quality of interpreters. Weighting 30
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
DNWD-8WHJJ6
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DNWD-8wHJJ Lot title: Sensory Impairment Interpreting ServicesV.1)Date of contract award decision:
1.2.2014
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 6
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People
Centenary House North Street Street
LS2 8JS Leeds
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1132438328
Fax: +44 1132469227
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
3. Once registered, login to the system and from the opportunities section, please register your interest which will result in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire being sent automatically. Help is on hand at the bottom right hand side of the screen again - Supplier Guide First time Login.
If you need support with any aspect of the registration, login or using the system the first point of contact would be the help documents on the bottom right of the page. Failing that, please contact support at the top of the tendering page. Please note Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is not liable for any costs incurred by the respondents to this advert or any subsequent tender exercise. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reserves the right not to award a contract if circumstances dictate. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust would welcome responses from Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) as defined by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) capable of supplying all products and/or services detailed.
Expressions of Interest and the Pre-Qualification Questionnaires can be obtained by following the below links to the trusts e-tendering portal at www.leedsth-tenders.co.uk
1. Browse to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust e tendering Portal: www.leedsth-tenders.co.uk
2. You will need to register on the system if you are not already. Help with the registration can be found at the bottom right hand side of the page - Supplier Guide How to do Business.3. Once registered, login to the system and from the opportunities section, please register your interest which will result in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire being sent automatically. Help is on hand at the bottom right hand side of the screen again - Supplier Guide First time Login.
If you need support with any aspect of the registration, login or using the system the first point of contact would be the help documents on the bottom right of the page. Failing that, please contact support at the top of the tendering page. Please note Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is not liable for any costs incurred by the respondents to this advert or any subsequent tender exercise. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reserves the right not to award a contract if circumstances dictate. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust would welcome responses from Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) as defined by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) capable of supplying all products and/or services detailed.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period.
Such additional information should be requested from the address in section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the (for Public Sector) Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.
Such additional information should be requested from the address in section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the (for Public Sector) Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
5.2.2014