Wessex NHS: Provision of Offsite Sterile Services Decontamination Facility

UK-Southampton: Sterilisation, disinfection and hygiene devices.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
       Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2381206066, Email: peter.baker@uhs.nhs.uk
       Contact: Peter Baker
       Main Address: www.uhs.nhs.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.uhs.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKJ32
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

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 - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Provision of Offsite Sterile Services Decontamination Facility    
          Reference number: UHS13749
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      33191000 - Sterilisation, disinfection and hygiene devices.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) is seeking to identify a suitable and capable sterile services partner. The Trust estimates a peak annual throughput of approximately 5 million instruments, including endoscopy scopes. The Trust are looking to move the existing sterile services activity that is currently delivered on the Southampton General Hospital site to an offsite location.The likely term of the contract will be at least 15 years.
An expression of interest in this market engagement exercise will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise. The subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wishing to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement when published. Please note that this is not a Selection Questionnaire (SQ), we are using this PIN to communicate to interested parties. A decision has yet to be taken as to which procedure will be used for this procurement.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 45,000,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      33191000 - Sterilisation, disinfection and hygiene devices.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKJ32 - Southampton    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      The existing Decontamination Service processes circa 160,000 trays of surgical instruments and 80,000 single instruments annually plus 37,000 Endoscopy instruments. The key aim of the service is to maintain excellent decontamination standards, traceability and delivery for a range of specialities.The Trust is undertaking a theatre expansion programme that will exceed internal decontamination capacity within 5 years.Whilst the Trust has identified land for this purpose at the Bargain Farm site, Adanac Park,Southampton alternative proposals will be considered for the delivery of the service. Interest is sought from partners who might offer one or all of: design, build, finance, and operate a decontamination service. Due to the location this service may be of interest to neighbouring south coast and STP Trusts.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      The Trust intends to hold a Presentation Day in late August 2019 where suppliers, who express an interest, will be invited to attend. This event will allow suppliers the opportunity to understand the requirements of the Trust and will include visits to the existing SSDU and the proposed development site.Supplier surgeries will be available.A maximum of two representatives per interested supplier.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         01/11/2019
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
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GO-2019715-PRO-15097511 TKR-2019715-PRO-15097510        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 15/07/2019