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Outsourcing Histopathology Reporting Service.

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Hospitals
Armthorpe Road
For the attention of: Mr Paul Barry
DN2 5LT Doncaster
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1302642386
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.dbh.nhs.uk/

Electronic access to information: www.procontract.due-north.com

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.procontract.due-north.com

Further information can be obtained from: Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Hospitals
Armthorpe Road
For the attention of: Mr Paul Barry
DN2 5LT Doncaster
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1302642386
E-mail:

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Hospitals
Armthorpe Road
For the attention of: Mr Paul Barry
DN2 5LT Doncaster
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1302642386
E-mail:

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Hospitals
Armthorpe Road
For the attention of: Mr Paul Barry
DN2 5LT Doncaster
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1302642386
E-mail:

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 by the contracting authority:
Outsourcing Histopathology Reporting 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

NUTS code UKE31

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (DBH), internal pathology department has a requirement to outsource some Histopathology Reporting on a regular basis. This is to supplement our current resident histopathologists.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 85111800

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: yes
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
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:
See Invitation to Tender (ITT).
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
See Invitation to Tender (ITT).
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Consortium bids are acceptable but the authority may require the consortium to incorporate a special purpose vehicle and provide parent company guarantees.
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: See Invitation to Tender (ITT).
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: See Invitation to Tender (ITT).
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
 See Invitation to Tender (ITT).
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
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:
DBH/DIAG/PB/2015/01
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
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: 15.1.2016 - 17:00
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
15.1.2016 - 17:00
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
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of 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: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 48 months from award of contract March 2016.
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
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
10.12.2015