Supply of a powered exoskeleton system including annual maintenance support

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

1. Pre-qualification data required to take part in this Tender is that set out as a minimum set of data fields needed for an entry in sid4gov. The data fields required can be accessed from the website at gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk where suppliers can register and submit their supplier profile.
2. Potential suppliers should register their interest using the myTenders web site (details will be shown within the advertisement) or with our Tender Co-ordinator by post, fax or e-mail confirming their registration details with sid4gov, and both the advertisement reference and our Tender reference. Should any potential supplier decline registration on sid4gov then any registration of interest must be accompanied by the minimum set of data fields needed for an entry in sid4gov.
3. Please ensure that your response contains an e-mail address for use during this tender exercise.
4. The Trust reserve the option to issue a pre-tender questionnaire covering further requirements specific to this tender.
5. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable please email the help desk via the website.
6. Future additions to the successful supplier’s product ranges may be included during the term of the agreement.
7. The Trust reserves the option to extend any contract awarded.
8. The Trust undertakes to use its best endeavours to hold confidential any information provided in any proposal submitted, subject to the Trust’s obligations under law, including the Freedom of Information Act 1997. If the applicant considers that any information submitted in any proposal should not be disclosed because of its sensitivity then this should be stated with the reason(s) for considering it sensitive.
9. The Trust may use a staged evaluation procedure to reduce the number of bidders prior to a shortlist of bidders and/or preferred bidder being selected.
(MT Ref:110680)