Procurement Consultancy Tender
National Framework Agreement for Tail End Management.
United Kingdom-Chester: Procurement consultancy services
2016/S 200-360874
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1UL
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1244365143
E-mail: laurenhughes1@nhs.net
NUTS code: UK
Address of the buyer profile: www.coch-cps.co.uk
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
National Framework Agreement for Tail End Management.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The desired service specification is for the establishment of a national framework agreement to provide client authorities with a fully managed service for the purchasing and management of their tail end purchase order spend including medical, non-medical and ad hoc supplies and services. It should include the end to end supply chain management of the authority’s tail end spend and at a high level include: audit of tail spend; savings delivery; purchase; supplier management; stock management; delivery and reporting.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS foundation trusts Commercial procurement services seek to establish a national framework agreement for Tail End Management which may be utilised by any NHS organisation or the wider public sector.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
How to Bid:
1. Browse to the esourcing portal https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk and click on view current opportunities;
2. Select the Title of the Tender;
3. Review the MOI, ITT and Appendix 1 (you may do this without registering);
4. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once);
5. Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’, Enter your correct business and user details, Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure);
6. Login to the portal with the username/password;
7. Click the ‘PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier);
8. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content;
9. Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page This will move the PQQ/ITT into your ‘My PQQs/MyITTs’ page (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) âEUR” You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ITT Details’ box.
10. Responding to the tender Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) You can now use the Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the ITT There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply
11.The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for use by all UK public sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations); however it is anticipated that its core use will be within the NHS, therefore to provider bidders with information on potential users of the Framework Agreement the following organisations are considered the core client base:
Clinical Commissioning Group’s, NHS Trust’s, Special Health Authorities, The Care Quality Commission,National Institute for Health Care Excellence, known as NICE, The Health and Social Care Information Centre,The Secretary of State, relevant Welsh health service bodies, NHS Foundation Trusts, Academic Health Science Networks, The NHS Trust Development Authority, Monitor, Health Education England including Local Education and Training Boards (LETB) constituted as committees of Health Education England, NHS Health Research Authority, The Department of Health, Executive agencies of the Department of Health including but not limited to Public Health England, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the National Institute of Health Research, Arms Length Bodies of the Department of Health not otherwise listed in this Contract Notice including but not limited to NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Business Services Authority,NHS Litigation Authority, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and the Human Tissue Authority, Any provider of primary medical services under a GMS, PMS or APMS contract, All Local Authorities, as defined under section 1 the Local Government Act 2000 including Health and Well Being Boards established by any Local Authority, including as listed and maintained on the following URLs:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/category/arms-length-bodies
http://www.england.nhs.uk/ccg-details/
http://www.general-practitioners-uk.co.uk
http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx
http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/caretrustlisting.aspx
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations http://openlylocal.com/councils/all
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/1/made
http://www.4icu.org/gb/uk-universities.htm
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing
VI.4.1)Review body
Chester
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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