Procurement Lincolnshire: Integrated Community Equipment Service

UK-Lincoln: Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Lincolnshire County Council
      c/o Lincolnshire County Council, Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1BA, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 01522554087, Email: marie.kaempfe-rice@lincolnshire.gov.uk
      Attn: Marie Kaempfe-Rice

      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:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services
      Social protection

   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: Integrated Community Equipment Service
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 1

         Region Codes: UKF30 - Lincolnshire         
      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:
      Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment. Personal care products. Devices for the disabled. Devices for the elderly. Lifting equipment for health care sector. Patient-monitoring system. Lincolnshire County Council is carrying out a tender for the supply of community equipment on behalf of the Council and its joint commissioning Health partners. This Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES) includes but is not exclusive of the following provisions: •Source, procure, store, deliver / supply and install equipment•Service, maintain, collect, decontaminate, refurbish, recycle equipment•Provision of on-site technical advice and support to health and social care clinicians•Monitor and maintain stock levels to meet prescriber and end-user needs.The type of equipment varies but will include Complex Aids for Daily Living (CADLs) such as beds, hoists, pressure care equipment and specialist bathing equipment plus smaller aids e.g. toileting and mobility equipment etc. The ICES is also expected to include other service elements to be delivered within the life of the contract including Telecare services (equipment and monitoring), minor adaptations i.e. provision and installation of handrails, and wheelchairs. It is the Council’s intention that self-funders will also be able to access this contract. Given the continued pressure and increasing demand within the health and social care environment, a key priority for commissioners is securing value for money and where possible cost savings.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         50421000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment.
         
         33700000 - Personal care products.
         
         33196200 - Devices for the disabled.
         
         33196100 - Devices for the elderly.
         
         33192600 - Lifting equipment for health care sector.
         
         33195000 - Patient-monitoring system.
         

      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:
      Initial term of 5 years with an option to extend for 2 years. Approximate annual value of £5-6m p.a.      
      
      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      
         Starting: 01/04/2016
         Completion: 31/03/2021

   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:
         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: 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: PL14/078      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Yes
         Prior information notice
            Notice number in OJEU: 2014/S 175 - 309045 of 12/12/2014
               
         Other previous publications: No                

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

      Date: 13/04/2015
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 12:00      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 20/04/2015
         Time: 17:00      
      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 Not Provided      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Not Provided

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: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Lincoln:-Repair-and-maintenance-services-of-medical-equipment./4JJ6V8Z27F

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4JJ6V8Z27F
GO-201539-PRO-6425138 TKR-201539-PRO-6425137
   
   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: 09/03/2015

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