SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Procurement and Logistics Service, Ards Hospital, Church Street, Contact: Rodney Smyth, Attn: Rodney Smyth, UK-Newtownards BT23 4AS. Tel. +44 2891511101. E-mail: rodney.smyth@hscni.net. Fax +44 2891510206.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.bsopals.com.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Health.
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:
Supply & Delivery of Specialist Healthcare Seating.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: Various locations within Northern Ireland.
NUTS code: UKN0 .
II.1.3) The notice involves:
A public contract.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Supply & Delivery of Specialist Healthcare Seating.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots:
No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted:
No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
Supply & Delivery of a range of High/Low Back, Functional, Riser Recliner and Tilt in Space manual and powered chairs to the Northern Ireland Health & Social Care (NIHSC). Full details are available at www.bsopals.com from Friday 2.10.2009.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 7 500 000,00 GBP.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Starting: 1.3.2010. Completion: 28.2.2015.
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 regulating them:
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Joint and several liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
Yes.
As per Terms and Conditions contained within the Tender documentation.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As per Selection Questionnaire available for download at www.bsopals.com from Friday 2.10.2009.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As per Selection Questionnaire available for download at www.bsopals.com from Friday 2.10.2009.
III.2.3) Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As per Selection Questionnaire available for download at www.bsopals.com from Friday 2.10.2009.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts:
No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Accelerated restricted.
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: This notice relates to a re-tendering of the stated requirement and therefore timescales for renewal are now urgent.
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 below:
1. Price. Weighting: 0,3.
2. Compliance with Specification. Weighting: 0,3.
3. Assessment of Products. Weighting: 0,1.
4. Product Support. Weighting: 0,2.
5. Delivery Arrangements for Northern Ireland. Weighting: 0,1.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used:
No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
103624.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
Prior information notice
Other previous publications
Notice number in OJ: 2008/S 175-233384 of 10.9.2008.
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:
21.10.2009 - 11:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
28.10.2009.
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 tenders:
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Suppliers must download a Selection Questionnaire and associated documents via www.bsopals.com which will be available from 12 noon, Friday 2.10.2009. Completed Selection Questionnaires must be returned via www.bsopals.com no later than the time limit stated in this notice i.e. 12 noon, Wednesday 21.10.2009.
A Supplier Briefing session will be held on Wednesday 14.10.2009 at 10am (duration approx. 1 hour). The venue is Conference Room, Procurement and Logistics Service, 77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast BT12 6HU. If you wish to attend please confirm the name/s of those attending by e-mail to steven.cinnamond@hscni.net by Monday 12.10.2009.
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:
28.9.2009.
