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Title: | Provision of Courier Services |
Notice type: | Contract Notice |
Authority: | Disabled Users Organisation |
Nature of contract: | Services |
Procedure: | Restricted |
Short Description: | Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has a requirement for a courier service for the conveyance of bloods and light goods both on a routine basis and as and when required. Light goods include medical records and other documents and medical/pathological specimens, which have a limited life and must be conveyed in special containers. This will include travel both within and outside the District Boundary. The range of items usually transported, as well as any patient or staff, are as follows:- • mail (case notes, x-rays, CT scan films, medical records); • specimens; • medical equipment; • goods from pharmacy; • liquefied gases; The list is only indicative of the types of items which need transportation and may be subject to variation or change. Currently blood runs are carried out 3 times a day at a scheduled time, 7 days a week. Ad-hocs vary on a monthly basis but can be up to around 70 journeys per month. Health records vary on a monthly basis but can be up to around 70 journeys a month. The Contractor will be required to provide a 24 hour service daily, every day during the contract period (Sundays and Bank Holidays included), and the service provided must be promptly executed. Vehicles must be available day and night to provide the service to the Trusts as required. The Contractor will be expected to meet quality standards based upon the response times defined within the tender documentation. The proposed contract will commence on the 1st July 2014 and run for a period of 3 years. There is a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for this opportunity. On completion of this questionnaire bidders will be short-listed and those who are successful will be invited to tender where a full specification will be made available. Tenders will be evaluated on Quality 60%, Commercial 40%. Full details of the evaluation criteria will be in the tender documentation. Please complete the PQQ on the Delta system. The deadline for PQQ submission is 12 noon 28th April 2014 |
Published: | 28/03/2014 14:23 |
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Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Holtye Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3DZ, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1342414486, URL: www.qvh.nhs.uk
Contact: Procurement & Supplies Manager, Attn: Caroline Archer
Electronic Submission URL: https://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:
National or federal agency/office
I.3) Main activity:
Health
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
Not Provided
Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Provision of Courier Services
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES
Service Category: 2
Region Codes: UKJ24 - West Sussex
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:
Courier services. Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has a requirement for a courier service for the conveyance of bloods and light goods both on a routine basis and as and when required. Light goods include medical records and other documents and medical/pathological specimens, which have a limited life and must be conveyed in special containers. This will include travel both within and outside the District Boundary.
The range of items usually transported, as well as any patient or staff, are as follows:-
• mail (case notes, x-rays, CT scan films, medical records);
• specimens;
• medical equipment;
• goods from pharmacy;
• liquefied gases;
The list is only indicative of the types of items which need transportation and may be subject to variation or change.
Currently blood runs are carried out 3 times a day at a scheduled time, 7 days a week.
Ad-hocs vary on a monthly basis but can be up to around 70 journeys per month.
Health records vary on a monthly basis but can be up to around 70 journeys a month.
The Contractor will be required to provide a 24 hour service daily, every day during the contract period (Sundays and Bank Holidays included), and the service provided must be promptly executed. Vehicles must be available day and night to provide the service to the Trusts as required.
The Contractor will be expected to meet quality standards based upon the response times defined within the tender documentation.
The proposed contract will commence on the 1st July 2014 and run for a period of 3 years.
There is a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for this opportunity. On completion of this questionnaire bidders will be short-listed and those who are successful will be invited to tender where a full specification will be made available.
Tenders will be evaluated on Quality 60%, Commercial 40%. Full details of the evaluation criteria will be in the tender documentation.
Please complete the PQQ on the Delta system. The deadline for PQQ submission is 12 noon 28th April 2014
II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
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: 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:
Not Provided
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
Not Provided
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:
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: Not Provided
III.2)Conditions For Participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
Not Provided
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:
Not Provided
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: Not Provided
IV.3)Administrative Information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: QVTRN/105
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Not Provided
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Not Provided
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 28/04/2014
Time: 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: Not Provided
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: 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: Not Provided
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-East-Grinstead:-Courier-services./P842RND363
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/P842RND363
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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: 28/03/2014
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