United Kingdom-Newcastle upon Tyne: Catheters

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 038-061502/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Regents Point, Regents Farm Road, Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
Postal code: NE3 3HD
United Kingdom
Contact points(s): Supplies Department
For the attention of: Samantha Rix
Phone: +44 1912137526
Email: samantha.rix@nuth.nhs.uk
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:
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: No
Section II: Object of the contract:
II.1) Description:
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
Contract for the Supply of Closed Suction Catheters.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies
Type of supplies contract: Purchase
Nuts code: UKC
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 specific contract:
Catheters. Closed Suction Catheters for single patient use — suctioning device for the removal of secretions from the tracheobronchial tree of ventilator dependent patients.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 33141200
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): YES
II.1.8) Lots:
The contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.9) Information about variants:
Variants will be accepted: NO
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract:
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
Approximately 3 600 closed suction catheters per annum. The Contract is for a period of 2 years with an option to extend by 1 period of 12 months.
II.2.2) Information about options:
II.2.3) Information about renewals:
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion:
Duration in months: 24 (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:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at
Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
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:
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/entity:
T/16/002
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:

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

IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
21.03.2016 – 12:00
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:
EN
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
In days: 120 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening of tenders:

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2 years with the option to extend for 12 months.

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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
GO Reference: GO-2016219-PRO-7782467.
VI.4) Procedures for appeal:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
19.02.2016