Supply Benchmarking Software

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

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

I.3)Main activity

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

II.1)Description

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

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)

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

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

II.1.8)Lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

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

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

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

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

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

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

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

This is a recurrent procurement: no

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

The Master Services Agreement is accessible to the Participating Organisations listed below who have an immediate need for the service. The majority of contracts expired on the 31.3.2013. However, Participating Organisations are currently considering short term extensions to allow for an All Wales Benchmarking Service to be procured. Participating Organisations (defined below) that may issue/ call off requirements under the overarching service agreement (the ”Master Services Agreement”) (for whom the Awarding Authority is acting in this procurement) are NHS Organisations – Health Boards and Trusts in Wales – including but not limited to:
Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board,
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board,
Hywel Dda Local Health Board,
Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board,
Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board,
Cwm Taf Local Health Board,
Powys Local Health Board,
Welsh Government.
During the period of the agreement, Velindre NHS Trust and the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust may also wish to participate or any contracting authority that may replace or succeed them, together known as the Participating Organisations.
Each organisation participating in the agreement will be responsible for executing its own contract with the winning tenderer. The formation of each contract will be subject to the overarching terms and conditions issued at Invitation to Tender stage and subject to any additional requirements as identified by the individual organisations. The Awarding Authority will not accept completed PQQ’s after the stated closing date. All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders.
The Awarding Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering process and not award any contract. All documents to be priced [where applicable] in sterling and all payments made in sterling. For the avoidance of doubt the contract range of £1,500,000 to £2,000,000 is based on historical spend and projected available budgets. The tendering process will be undertaken via electronic means using the Bravo e-tendering system.

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will allow a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period between notifying the award decision and awarding the contract. Unsuccessful tenderers and applicants are entitled to receive reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the tenderer/applicant was unsuccessful. Should additional information be required it should be requested of the addressee in section I.1. Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the procurement rules have the right to take action in the High Court (England and Wales). Any such action is subject to strict time limits and must be brought promptly in accordance with the Public Contracts (Amendments) Regulations 2009.