Tender for Implantable neuromodulation
Leeds Teaching Hospitals. UK-Leeds: stimulator
2012/S 78-128549
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Supplies, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street
For the attention of: Mrs Angela Elder
LS1 3EX Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1133928574
E-mail: Angela.Elder@leedsth.nhs.uk
Fax: +44 1133928340
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/home/
Address of the buyer profile: www.leedsth-tenders.co.uk
Section II: Object of the contract
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Various Sites of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
NUTS code UKE
33158210, 33194100, 33158200
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
Implantable spinal cord stimulation.
Implantable gastric stimulation.
Implantable Intrathecal pumps for chronic pain.
Implantable Intrathecal pumps for severe spasticity.
Implantable sacral nerve stimulation.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 900 000 GBP
Description of these options: 1 x 12 months
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Spinal cord stimulation
33158210, 33194100, 33158200
33158210, 33194100, 33158200
33158210, 33194100, 33158200
33158210, 33194100, 33158200
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Description of particular conditions: Obligations relating to taxes, environmental protection, employment protection and working conditions.
(a) Is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) Has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract authorities can demonstrate;
(e) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) Is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) Has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) Has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) Has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) Has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As an alternative to providing the information required under Section 2.
Conditions for Participation, you can confirm that you have registered on: NHS-Sid4Health and that the full qualification information is lodged in that system. You must, however, verify that all the information that you have entered onto NHS-Sid4Health fully answers all of the specific requirements outlined. Any information not available on the database must be provided separately with your Expression of Interest (ie by letter, facsimile or e-mail) by the closing date specified in this advertisement in order for your application to be considered.
(c) A statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information of these turnovers is available.
(b) A list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given:
— Where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issues or countersigned by the competent authority,
— Where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser’s certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator.
(f) The educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking’s managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;
(h) A statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
Section IV: Procedure
Section VI: Complementary information
Expressions of Interest and the pre-qualification questionnaires can be obtained by following the below links to the trusts e-tendering portal at www.leedsth-tenders.co.uk.
1. Browse to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust e tendering Portal: www.leedsth-tenders.co.uk;
2. You will need to register on the system if you are not already. Help with the registration can be found at the bottom right hand side of the page – Supplier Guide How to do Business;
3. Once registered, login to the system and from the opportunities section, please register your interest which will result in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire being sent automatically. Help is on hand at the bottom right hand side of the screen again – Supplier Guide First time Login.
If you need support with any aspect of the registration, login or using the system the first point of contact would be the help documents on the bottom right of the page. Failing that, please contact support at the top of the tendering page. Please note Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is not liable for any costs incurred by the respondents to this advert or any subsequent tender exercise. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reserves the right not to award a contract if circumstances dictate. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust would welcome responses from Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) as defined by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) capable of supplying all products and/or services detailed.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:19.4.2012