South West London & St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust: Taxi and Courier Services Contract

UK-London: Taxi services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      SW London & St George's MH NHS Trust
      Springfield University Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, Tooting, London, SW17 7DJ, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2035136907, Email: luke.remsbery@swlstg-tr.nhs.uk, URL: www.swlstg-tr.nhs.uk
      Contact: Procurement Department, Attn: Luke Remsbery

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   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:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Taxi and Courier Services Contract
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 2

         Region Codes: UK - UNITED KINGDOM         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Taxi services. Courier services. A 24-hour taxi service to include the conveyance of patients, staff and light goods as required in the local area. Courier service to transport various items to various locations on a scheduled delivery route. This service will be divided into two lots.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         60120000 - Taxi services.
         
         64120000 - Courier services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: Yes          
         If yes, tenders should be submitted for: One or more lots

      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:
      A 24-hour taxi service to include the conveyance of patients, staff and light goods as required in the local area. Courier service to transport various items to various locations on a scheduled delivery route. This service will be divided into two lots.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 1,000,000 and 1,500,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: No          
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
                  
         Number of possible renewals: 2
                            
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
            
      Lot No: 1
      Title: Taxi Services

      1)Short Description:      
      The successful tenderer will be required to provide a 24-hour taxi service for the duration of the contract period. The service provided must be promptly executed and shall include the conveyance of patients, staff and light goods as required. The ‘light goods’ may include documents, records, pharmaceutical goods, samples etc.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         60120000 - Taxi services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      The majority of journeys will be undertaken in the local area. The ‘local area’ consists of the 5 boroughs of Wandsworth, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Merton. A typical journey will be within a 5 mile radius of Trust sites in this area. It is anticipated that the volume of taxi journeys will be approximately 1000 per month.               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 2
      Title: Courier Services

      1)Short Description:      
      The courier service to be provided will consist of taking goods, samples, documents etc. to various locations in the local area on a scheduled delivery route and will require dedicated resources.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         64120000 - Courier services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      The service will be undertaken in the local area. The ‘local area’ consists of the 5 boroughs of Wandsworth, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Merton.               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
                  
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: No       
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
         The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (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 (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 these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
         
         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 capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         Not Provided
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Not Provided      
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                        Envisaged minimum number: 4 and maximum number: 8         
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         Submission of a pre-qualification questionnaire available upon request in which the criteria for selection are detailed.   
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria:      
         The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
            The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

      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: SWLSTG1211      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

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



         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 11/02/2013
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 19/02/2013      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: No
   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, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Not Provided

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 10/01/2013

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