Tender for Radiation Dosimetry Service

A Consortium of NHS Trusts across the South of England (identified within the tender documentation) are looking for Bidders to provide a personnel Radiation Dosimetry Service for their members of staff who work with ionising radiation.

United Kingdom-Southampton: Apparatus for measuring radiation

2014/S 226-399622

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Tremona Road
For the attention of: Steve Douch
SO16 6YD Southampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2380825639
E-mail: steve.douch@uhs.nhs.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.uhs.nhs.uk

Electronic access to information: https://www.delta-esourcing.com

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://www.delta-esourcing.com

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

Regional or local authority

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: yes

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham
PO6 3LY Portsmouth
UNITED KINGDOM

Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Longfleet Road
BH15 2JB Poole
UNITED KINGDOM

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Castle Lane East
BH7 7DW Bournemouth
UNITED KINGDOM

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Combe Park
BA1 3NG Bath
UNITED KINGDOM

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Salisbury District Hospital
SP2 8BJ Salisbury
UNITED KINGDOM

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Williams Avenue
DT1 2JY Dorchester
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Radiation Dosimetry Service.

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

NUTS code UKK

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

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

Apparatus for measuring radiation. Radiation dosimeters. Radiation monitors. Radiation protection services. A Consortium of NHS Trusts across the South of England (identified within the tender documentation) are looking for Bidders to provide a personnel Radiation Dosimetry Service for their members of staff who work with ionising radiation.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

38341000, 38341200, 38341600, 90721600

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: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Information contained within the tender documentation.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 100 000 and 200 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Number of possible renewals: 2
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)

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

Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

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

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

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

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

UHS10473

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

9.1.2015 – 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

until: 31.3.2015

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 9.1.2015 – 17:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

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

VI.3)Additional information

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Southampton:-Apparatus-for-measuring-radiation./898EZE88R8

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/898EZE88R8

GO Reference: GO-20141120-PRO-6175224.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

20.11.2014