Provision of acute orthopaedic surgical services

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

UK-Sheffield: Surgical hospital services

2012/S 249-412743

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Herries Road
For the attention of: Tony Squires
S5 7AU Sheffield
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1142215231
E-mail: tony.squires@sth.nhs.uk

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:

Provision of acute orthopaedic surgical services.

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: Sheffield.
NUTS code UKE32

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

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in months: 18

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

Provision of acute orthopaedic surgical services.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85111100

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

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

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

Duration in months: 18 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Arthroscopy

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85111100

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 18 (from the award of the contract)

5)Additional information about lots

Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (required once) – Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://yhcpc.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register – Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ – Enter your correct details – Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete – You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (keep this secure). Once registered, please follow the steps to import your sid4health profile, the instructions to do so are in the ‘Supplier Import guide’ once logged in. You will then be able to express interest in the tender exercise that is of interest to you.

2. Express an Interest in the tender – Login to the portal with the username/password – Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires/ Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) – Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. – Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. – This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box.
3. 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 onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ 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 using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help or contact the eTendering help desk at 0800-3684580 or help@bravosolution.co.uk

Lot No: 2 Lot title: Foot & Ankle

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85111100

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 18 (from the award of the contract)

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 3 Lot title: Shoulder & Elbow

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85111100

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 18 (from the award of the contract)

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 4 Lot title: Soft Tissue Knees

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85111100

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 18 (from the award of the contract)

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 5 Lot title: Spine

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85111100

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 18 (from the award of the contract)

5)Additional information about lots

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:

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

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Candidates may be disqualified who do not respond in accordance with the format and instructions of this requirement. Prior to entering your general information & Expressing an Interest in this requirement candidates are requested to provide their profile in Sid4health. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals utilizes the NHS Supplier Information Database (sid4health) to manage & assess general pre-qualification info in the form of a profile. To register your profile on Sid4health you must:
i) obtain a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) DUNS(R) Number to enable registration on sid4health. Normally its provided within 48 hours but may take up to 5 days. The DUNS(R) No. is the standard supplier coding for the NHS & must be obtained for trading with the NHS. Check if your company has a DUNS(R) No on the Sid4health registration page.
ii) go to www.sid4health.nhs.uk and select Register Supplier Organisation and enter the first part or the whole of your organisation name or DUNS number. Click on Search, follow instructions to complete the registration or select an existing registration to create a new user account. (Candidates must publish at least one validated profile to make their profile available for buyers to view generally – see Help page on Sid4health within Profile Management for details). iii) ensure all mandatory fields of their Sid4health profile are completed. D&B data will be supplied automatically by D&B.

iv) Where access to Sid4health is unavailable, contact the sid4health Helpdesk: helpsid4health@eurodyn.com

Once your sid4health profile has been completed & validated progress to express interest in this tender as per section VI.3)Please ensure YOU keep your profile updated within Sid4health regularly

III.2.3)Technical capacity

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

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

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

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

4.2.2013 – 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

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers, in accordance with Regulation 32A of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006. Any tenderer wishing to appeal the decision to award the contract, or after the award of the contract appeal the award of the contract, shall have the rights set out in Part 9 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:25.12.2012