United Kingdom-Birmingham: Miscellaneous medical devices and products

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2017/S 114-229161/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Restricted procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as an agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (‘UHCW’)
Postal address: 19 George Road, Edgbaston
Town: Birmingham
Postal code: B15 1NU
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 01216871350
Email: sam.wiggins@htepg.com
Fax: +44 01216871345
Nuts code: UK
Internet address(es):
Main address:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Tender to Establish a Framework for Intravenous Cannulation Packs and Intravenous Safety Cannulas GPO.

Reference number: SF049856
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 33190000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: This tender is to establish a framework for the supply of Intravenous Cannulation Packs and Intravenous Safety Cannulas. This ITT will be run as a GPO Open procurement exercise and is exclusively limited to HTE GPO members who have agreed to participate and commit volume to the awarded supplier(s) for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further year. The framework will provide suitable products and the necessary training to facilitate all the requirements during the intravenous cannulation process. The requirements are split into two Lots and bidders will be at liberty to Tender for one or both Lots: Lot 1 — Intravenous Cannulation Packs Lot 2 — Intravenous Safety Cannulas. The duration of the framework will be 3 years maximum ( 2 years initial period with the option of extending for 1 period of 12 months).
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 6000000 Currency: GBPII.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer 2
II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title: Intravenous Cannulation Packs

Lot No:1
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33140000, 33190000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The objective of Lot 1 is to deliver a best value framework for participating members of the GPO in respect of quality, safety, service and price for Intravenous Cannulation Packs.
This will provide suitable products and the necessary training to facilitate all the requirements during the intravenous cannulation process (excluding the intravenous safety cannulas) Components included are as below:
Swabs
Drape
Waste Disposal Bag
Skin Prep
Tourniquet
I.V Dressing
Date Label
Pre-filled Saline Flush
I.V Extension (Single and Double)
This Lot will be a sole award.
[Terms and Conditions / Activity Based Income (ABI). The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting Call-Off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. Submission of Expressions of Interest and Procurement Information. This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo eTendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE’s Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification and Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.].
II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 4500000 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:The duration of the framework will be 3 years maximum ( 2 years initial period with the option of extending for 1 period of 12 months).

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: 1 extension of 12 months.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
II.2.1) Title: Intravenous Safety Cannulas

Lot No:2
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33100000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The objective of Lot 2 is to deliver a best value framework for participating members of the GPO in respect of quality, safety, service and price for Intravenous Safety Cannulas. This lot will supply all the necessary cannulas required during the cannulation process. This is going to be split into 3 sub lots: Intravenous Safety Ported Cannulas, Intravenous Safety Straight Cannulas, Intravenous Safety Butterfly Cannulas.
This Lot will be a sole award per each of the three sub lots.
[Terms and Conditions / Activity Based Income (ABI). The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting Call-Off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. Submission of Expressions of Interest and Procurement Information. This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo eTendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE’s Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification and Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.].
II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 1500000 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:The duration of the framework will be 3 years maximum ( 2 years initial period with the option of extending for 1 period of 12 months).

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: 1 extension of 12 months.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity,including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Supplier Questionnaire.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Supplier Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Supplier Questionnaire.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability:
List and brief description of selection criteria: HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Supplier Questionnaire.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Supplier Questionnaire.

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with a single operator
In the case of framework agreements,provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
This will be a sole source per lot.IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2017-07-17 Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date: 2017-07-21
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
IV.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
HTE is a central purchasing body who is able to carry out this tender exercise by virtue of its appointment as an agent of UHCW. Notwithstanding HTE’s relationship with UHCW, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as framework agreement users: (1) All National Health Service (NHS) bodies in England, including but not limited to (i) acute trusts (as listed at: ); (ii) health and care trusts (as listed at: ); (iii) mental health trusts (as listed at: ); (iv) clinical commissioning groups (as listed at: ); (v) ambulance trusts (as listed at: (vi) area teams (as listed at: ); (vii) special health authorities (); (viii) NHS England; and (ix) clinical senates and strategic clinical networks. (2) All NHS bodies in Wales, including but not limited to all (i) health boards; (ii) NHS trusts; (iii) the national delivery group; (iv) community health councils; and (v) NHS Wales shared services partnership (as listed at (3) All NHS bodies in Northern Ireland (known as Health & Social Care), including but not limited to: (i) health and social care trusts (as listed at: (ii) health agencies (as listed at: +agencies (iii) hospitals (as listed at: ; and (iv) the Health and Social Care Board. (4) Social enterprises undertaking some or all of the previous service provider functions of contracting authorities in relation to health and/or social care services (including charitable incorporated organisations, cooperatives, industrial and provident societies and community interest companies listed on the Companies House WebCheck service). (5) Ministerial departments and non-ministerial departments of central government, non-departmental agencies and other public bodies, and public corporations (as listed at: ). (6) Devolved governmental and parliamentary organisations within the UK, including but not limited to the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, and Scottish public bodies (as listed at: ), as well as the Welsh Government, Welsh Assembly and Welsh unitary authorities (as listed at: (7) All local authorities (as listed at: ) (8) The Ministry of Defence (as detailed at:). This list includes each organisation’s successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisation created due to any organisational changes. This framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex I of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Legal Department, HealthTrust Europe
Postal address: 19 George Road
Town: Birmingham
Postal code: B15 1NU
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1216871350
E-mail: sam.wiggins@htepg.com
Fax: +44 1216871345

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
HTE will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenders. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderer to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2017-06-14