Any Qualified Provider for Ultrasound Service for Newcastle
The providers need to deliver high quality, efficient services which are responsive to the needs of the local communities within Newcastle.
United Kingdom-Stockton-on-Tees: Health services
2015/S 090-161935
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
North of England Commissioning Support (on behalf of Newcastle Gateshead CCG)
Teesdale House, Thornaby
For the attention of: Linda Brady
TS17 6BL Stockton-on-Tees
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1642746918
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.necsu.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA31749
Electronic access to information: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs/aspx/Home
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs/aspx/Home
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: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs/aspx/Home
UNITED KINGDOM
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
NUTS code UKC
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The service is being commissioned in line with national guidance and local requirements. The providers need to deliver high quality, efficient services which are responsive to the needs of the local communities within Newcastle.
The service will be commissioned using the Any Qualified Provider process. In securing services under the AQP process, assurance of competence, quality and safety standards is required. Any provider will be eligible to join the qualified provider list subject to demonstrating competency against specified criteria. Qualified providers will be expected to deliver the service under the NHS Standard Contract. As a qualified provider there are no levels of guaranteed activity. Payment is made based on actual provision and outcomes.
The qualification questionnaire and all relevant documentation associated with this offer can be downloaded at the NECS eTendering Portal, which can be found at: https://In-tendhost.co.uk/necs
Providers must register on the site, which is free and takes very little time to do so.
To access the document, please select Tenders from the main menu at the top of the page, and then select Current to access a list of current procurements being undertaken by NECS. Please select this procurement from the list and express an interest to gain access to the relevant documents and questionnaires. User Guides are available together with a dedicated In-Tend help-line to guide bidders through the process.
The deadline for completion of the qualification document is 12:00 on 1.6.2015.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85100000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 0 and 10 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
Description of particular conditions: As detailed in the AQP documents.
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established.
(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.
As detailed in the AQP Questionnaire.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
(2) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
As stated in the AQP documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As stated in the AQP documents.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
As stated in the AQP documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As stated in the AQP documents.
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 1.6.2015 – 12:00
Place:
Stockton-on-Tees.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 3 years from award of contract.
VI.3)Additional information
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
C/O North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Teesdale House, Westpoint Road, Thornaby
TS17 6BL Stockton-on-Tees
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
Telephone: +44 1642745129
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Royal Courts of Justice — The High Court
Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: