Linen Hire and Laundry Services Tender

The requirements include a fully comprehensive hire of linen (including bed sheets, patient clothing and patient gowns among other items) and return to sender service.

United Kingdom-Chippenham: Laundry-management services

2016/S 083-147309

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Jenner House, Langley Park
For the attention of: Sam Harris
SN15 1GG Chippenham
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: sam.harris3@nhs.net

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)

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:

Linen Hire and Laundry Services.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire.
NUTS code UKK11,UKK12,UKK14,UKK15

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust specializes in providing mental health care to a broad spectrum of age groups ranging from young children to the elderly (including patients who require specialized and secure services) and covering a large geographical area including, North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire and Swindon.
The Trust is seeking a supplier to provide linen and laundry services to the Trust across all of its sites as stated in the PQQ.
The requirements include a fully comprehensive hire of linen (including bed sheets, patient clothing and patient gowns among other items) and return to sender service (including staff uniforms and curtains among other items).
The supplier will also be required to provide the support of a sewing room service in addition to the laundry service.
This opportunity is for 36 months with the option to extend for 24 months plus 24 months.
To express an interest please e-mail Sam Harris at Sam.Harris3@nhs.net and Jane Gammie at Jane.Gammie@nhs.net to request a PQQ. All hard copies of the PQQ must be received by 12:00 noon on Monday, 6.6.2016.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

98311100

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

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: yes

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 36 (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:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

Payment details are outlined within the NHS Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract available from the website

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_121260

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Joint and Several Liability.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

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: Balance sheet statements of firms overall turnover in respect to goods/services to which contract relates. List of principle deliveries effected in the last 3 years, with sums, dates and recipients, public or private involved. Descriptions of facilities/products to be supplied, description of technical facilities and evidence of Quality systems and controls.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Presentation of undertakings Balance Sheets, statement of company turnover to which the contract relates for the 3 previous years.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Description of the undertaking’s technical facilities,its measures for ensuring quality and its study and research facilities. Indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the undertaking, especially those responsible for the quality control. Samples description and/or photographs of the products/services provided. Certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies, indication of arrangements for quality checks on the suppliers premises.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

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

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:

TSH01/16-17

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

6.6.2016 – 12:00

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.