United Kingdom-Sheffield: Diagnostic systems

Type of document: Pre-information procedures
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 174-312967/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) (hosted by and acting through Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust)
Savile Street East
Sheffield
Postal code: S4 7UQ
United Kingdom
For the attention of: Barbara Begg
Phone: +44 1143992006
Email: barbara.begg@noecpc.nhs.uk
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
Address of the buyer profile:
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2) Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law
I.3) Main activity: Health
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: Yes
Section II.B: Object of the contract (Supplies or services):
II.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
Pathology Analytical Systems, Associated Sundries and Services Framework Agreement (2017).
II.2) Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies
The authorities as listed on the NOE CPC website.
Nuts code: UK
II.3) Information on framework agreement:
II.4) Short description of nature and quantity or value of suppliers or services:
This will be a framework agreement for pathology analysers/ analytical systems that produce pathology results along with associated products and services that are intrinsically linked to those analysers and analytical systems producing results (such as reagents, maintenance, training and all aspects of digital pathology etc). The framework will support ALL pathology disciplines and also include Reagent Rental and Managed Service Contracts for the Pathology Market that can include vendor neutral suppliers.
Outside of scope for this framework is manual identification products, rapid/ single use tests, POCT, lab consumables and general hardware such as microscopes and blood fridges however these could be provided through a MSC contract awarded under the framework agreement.
To discuss scope and this new framework, the NOE CPC is holding four open events as detailed below. If you wish to book onto one of the identical sessions, please email barbara.begg@noecpc.nhs.uk as soon as possible to confirm the session and number of places you require as places are restricted by the room capacity.
Session 1 Thursday 27.10.2016 9:30 to 12:30 The Source, Conference Room, 300 Meadowhall Way, Sheffield, S9 1EA
Session 2 Thursday 27.10.2016 13:30 to 16:30 The Source, Conference Room, 300 Meadowhall Way, Sheffield, S9 1EA
Session 3 Monday 7.11.2016 9:30 to 12:30 Don Valley House, 4th Floor, Sheffield, S4 7UQ
Session 4 Monday 7.11.2016 13:30 to 16:30 Don Valley House, 4th Floor, Sheffield, S4 7UQ.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 20 000 000 and 250 000 000 GBP
The contract is divided into lots: Yes. Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
33124110, 85111810, 33124131, 48000000, 33696200, 38434500, 38434560, 38430000, 33124100, 48211000, 38434000, 85111800, 48180000, 38434520, 33696000, 72222300, 33124130, 33694000
II.6) Scheduled date for start of award procedures:
Scheduled date for start of award procedures: 1.10.2017
II.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): YES
II.8) Additional information:
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: The following entities shall be eligible to become NOE CPC members in future and as such may utilise any resulting agreement(s) subject to the prior agreement of NOE CPC:
NOE CPC member bodies as listed at: , and any additional new CPC members for the duration of the contract, plus any other NHS/Public Sector bodies located in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to the approval of NOE CPC, including but not limited to Acute Trusts, Foundation Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Ambulance Trusts, Care Trusts, Hospital Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, Community Health Trusts, Special Health Authorities, Health Boards, NHS
Commissioning Boards, Commissioning Support Units and other health organisations (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), Health and Social Care Trusts (Northern Ireland), Community Health Councils, Local Health Boards, Social Enterprises, NHS Collaborative Procurement Hubs/Organisations, GP Practices, Primary Care Commissioners, Department of Health, Public Health England and Local Authorities (where Local Authorities are engaged in the provision or commissioning of health related services, for example (but not limited to) the fields of healthcare, social care, early years care and public health). For the avoidance of doubt the following is a list of our members on the date of publishing this notice:
Barnsley Hospital NHS FT
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust
Blackburn with Darwen CCG
Blackpool CCG
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS FT
Cannock Chase CCG
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT
Chorley and South Ribble CCG
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Derby Hospitals NHS FT
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS FT
East Lancashire CCG
East Staffordshire CCG
Fylde and Wyre CCG
Greater Preston CCG
Harrogate and District NHS FT
Health Education England
Heart of England NHS FT
Herefordshire CCG
Humber NHS FT
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
James Paget University Hospitals NHS FT
Lancashire North CCG
Leeds and York Partnership NHS FT
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Locala Community Partnerships CIC
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG
NHS Halton CCG
NHS Knowsley CCG
NHS Liverpool CCG
NHS Redditch And Bromsgrove CCG
NHS South Cheshire CCG
NHS South Sefton CCG
NHS South Worcestershire CCG
NHS Southport And Formby CCG
NHS St Helens CCG
NHS Vale Royal CCG
NHS Warrington CCG
NHS West Cheshire CCG
NHS Wirral CCG
NHS Wyre Forest CCG
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
North Staffordshire CCG
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS FT
Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
QE Facilities Ltd (wholly owned subsidiary of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Salisbury NHS FT
Sheffield Children’s NHS FT
Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS FT
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS FT
Shropshire CCG
South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG
South Staffordshire & Shropshire Healthcare NHS FT
Southend University Hospital NHS FT
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
Stafford and Surrounds CCG
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Stoke-on-Trent CCG
Telford and Wrekin CCG
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS FT
The Rotherham NHS FT
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
West Lancashire CCG
York Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Listings of the entities eligible to utilise any resulting agreement(s), subject to the approval of NOE CPC, can be found at:
Acute Trusts:

Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs):

Mental Health Trusts:

Ambulance Trusts:

Care Trusts:

NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA):

Special Health Authorities:

Arms Length Bodies:

NHS England:
and other organisations involved in commissioning of primary care services via Clinical Commissioning Groups — CCGs supported by the Commissioning Support Units — CSU’s which will be responsible for commissioning most aspects of NHS care (or equivalent body/bodies established pursuant to legislation enacted as a result of, or in connection with, the White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS published July 2010.
CCG: www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk/ccg-details/
CSU: www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk/appointments/csu
NHS Professional Regulator:

The Clinical Commissioning Board, Area Teams:
and other organisations involved in commissioning and/or overseeing General Practitioner services and GP consortia and GP Practices:
and any other provider of primary medical services:
a) who are a party to any of the following contracts:
— General Medical Services (GMS),
— Personal Medical Services (PMS),
— Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) and/or
b) Commissioned by NHS England or other organisations involved in commissioning or overseeing General Practitioner services, as described above.
Social Enterprises:

Local Authorities:

NHS Wales (National Health Service for Wales) including but not limited to: Welsh Health Boards, Primary care services — GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services, in cludingthose provided through community health centres and mental health services:

NHS Scotland (National Health Service for Scotland) including but not limited to: NHS Boards, Hospitals,Primary care Services GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services,including those provided through community health centres and mental health services:

NHS Northern Ireland (National Health Service for Northern Ireland) including but not limited to: Health and Social Care Trusts, Primary care Services GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, social care services and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services:

Information about lots

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract:
III.1.1) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.2) Conditions for participation:
III.2.1) Information about reserved contracts:

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about European Union funds:
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no.
VI.2) Additional information:
VI.3) Information on general regulatory framework:
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice: 05.09.2016