Care Quality Commission: Inspection Analysis Services

UK-London: Analysis services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Care Quality Commission
      Finsbury Tower, 103 to 105 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TG, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 01912333589, Email: procurement@cqc.org.uk, URL: http://www.cqc.org.uk/
      Contact: Commercial Team, Attn: Commercial Team
      Electronic Access URL: www.delta-esourcing.com
      Electronic Submission URL: www.delta-esourcing.com

      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: Inspection Analysis Services
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 27

         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:
      Analysis services. Technical analysis or consultancy services. Business analysis consultancy services. Data analysis services. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. We make sure that health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, and high-quality care and we encourage services to improve.

We do this by monitoring, inspecting and regulating services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and we publish what we find, including performance ratings to help people choose care. CQC's inspection programme makes use of evidence and data from a wide range of sources, including what stakeholders and people using services tell us about it, objective measures of performance and what we find on inspection. This evidence informs our overall judgments and ratings of services.

The CQC are seeking to award a contract for the provision of inspection analysis services to support inspections of independent service providers of acute, mental health, community and substance misuse services in England, and for flexible analytical support services to provide analytical support for inspections of NHS Trusts.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71620000 - Analysis services.
         
         71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services.
         
         72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services.
         
         72316000 - Data analysis 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: 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:
      CQC are seeking to award a contract for the provision of inspection analysis support to inspections of independent service providers of acute, mental health, community and substance misuse services in England, and for flexible analytical support services to provide analytical support for inspections of NHS Trusts. CQC are looking to award a 2 year contract covering the provision of all services required.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 1,300,000 and 1,600,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      As set out in the Invitation to Tender Documents.
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      As set out in the Invitation to Tender Documents.
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Bids from consortia or other groupings of contractors will be considered. Such consortia or groupings must nominate a lead member who will deal with CQC on all matters relating to this procurement exercise.
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      As set out in the Invitation to Tender Documents.      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      Participants are required to follow the tendering protocols as set out in the Invitation to Tender Documents. These can be accessed through the CQC eSourcing Portal at http://www.delta-esourcing.com. Responses to the Tender must be received by the date and time set out at IV.3.4. The full evaluation weightings and methodology are set out in the Invitation to Tender Document. The Participant is required to download the Invitation to Tender Documents and all other documentation supplied by the Authority from the following website http://www.delta-esourcing.com. To be able to access these documents the participant will firstly need to register company details and enter the following Tender Access Code (TAC) 424U64P95N at the bottom of the registration page, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password.      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Details are provided in the Invitation to Tender available from http://www.delta-esourcing.com         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Any minimum standards will be set out in the Invitation to Tender available from http://www.delta-esourcing.com
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Details are provided in the Invitation to Tender available from http://www.delta-esourcing.com         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Any minimum standards will be set out in the Invitation to Tender available from http://www.delta-esourcing.com      
      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: Open
   
   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: CQC PSO 012      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Yes
         Prior information notice
            Notice number in OJEU: 2015/S 34 - 58135 of 18/02/2015
               
         Other previous publications: No                

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

      Date: 25/05/2015
      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 25/05/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         
      IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
         Duration in days: 90
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Not Provided

Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: Not Provided
   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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Analysis-services./424U64P95N

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/424U64P95N
GO-2015428-PRO-6556298 TKR-2015428-PRO-6556297
   
   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: 28/04/2015

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