United Kingdom-Cardiff: Retail trade services

Type of document: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2015/S 241-437440/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
NHS Wales Procurement Services
Brecknock House, Heath Park
Cardiff
Postal code: CF14 4XW
United Kingdom
Contact points(s): Procurement Services
For the attention of: Sarah Yellen
Phone: +44 2920746368
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
Address of the buyer profile:
I.2) Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law
I.3) Main activity:
General public services
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
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:
Retail Outlet — Plaza University Hospital Llandough.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
SUPPLIES
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Llandough, Penarth, Glamorgan CF64 2XX.
NUTS code: UK
II.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS):
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wish to inform the market that they intend to appoint Spar PLC as a retail partner for University Hospital Llandough Plaza convenience store.
University Hospital Llandough has 500 beds and approximately 300 000 patients this will increase to 750 beds and approximately 400 000 patients when the new Adult Mental Health Unit is completed.
The Health Board has created a modern bright and user friendly environment for patients, visitors, staff and the community, a high street experience has been created within a hospital environment. The Health Board is committed to delivering a healthy eating agenda requiring a 70/30 healthy eating split for our retail outlet.
The convenience store will be staffed and managed by NHS staff and we are seeking a supply chain partner to work in developing the business.
The supplier will also be required to provide training, supply all associated consumables.
No prior contract notice has been issued and a single tender has been invited and received from Blakemore and Sons Ltd.
The authority is applying a 10-day standstill period to allow suppliers in the marketplace an opportunity to appeal if they believe they have the capability to meet the Health Boards unique requirements.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
55900000,
II.1.6) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
II.2) Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
364 000 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure:
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annexes D1, D2 or D3 as appropriate)
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wish to inform the market that they intend to award a contract as a proof of concept, for the supply of convenience foods and associated products via partnership arrangement for the University Hospital Llandough Plaza complex.
As part of the multi million development for a Adult Mental Health Unit in the Llandough area, the Welsh Government approved the application to provide community services to the local population as well as the patients, carers, staff and visitors using the site on a daily basis. As part of the benefits was to make available a convenience store which will be NHS run which boost the local community in employment, sustainable development and meet the healthy Agenda as directed by the Health Board.
As part of this contract there is a Health Board requirement to have their own recycling plant to meet our sustainability requirements, and have the ability to deliver single items as per of the contract.
This contract has been developed on a proof of concept arrangement for one year to test if this type of venture is viable on an NHS environment.
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria:
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction:
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No
Section V: Award of contract

Lot title: Retail Outlet — Plaza University Hospital Llandough
V.1) Date of contract award decision:
09.12.2015
V.2) Information about offers:
Number of offers received: 1
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken:
Blakemore Wholesale
Unit 4N, Coxwell Avenue, Science Park
Wolverhampton
Postal code: WV10 9RT
United Kingdom

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:VI.2) Additional information:
(WA Ref:37508).
VI.3) Procedures for appeal
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice:
09.12.2015