UK-Ipswich: hospital and related services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

IPSWICH

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:211081-2008

Publication Date:

Aug 13, 2008

Deadline:

Sept 16, 2008

Buyer:

SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
IPSWICH , Suffolk
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.suffolkcc.gov.uk

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 156/2008
, #
211081-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Suffolk County Council,
Sourcing, Procurement & Contract Management Endeavour House 8 Russell
Road, Contact: Lucy Lockwood, Attn: Lucy Lockwood, UK-Ipswich IP1 2BX.
Tel. 014 73 26 57 89. E-mail: lucy.lockwood@socserv.suffolkcc.gov.uk. Fax
014 73 21 69 15.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.suffolkcc.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Home from Hospital Service.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 25.
NUTS code: UKH14.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): This tender is
for two different Home from Hospital services to ensure adults being
discharged from hospital are supported to return home with a safe,
effective and timely co-ordinated system of voluntary aftercare. One of
which will be based at the West Suffolk Hospital covering the West
locality and the other will be based at Ipswich Hospital covering the
East/South locality.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85110000, 75200000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000
GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: Home from Hospital Service based at Ipswich
Hospital Home from Hospital Service based at West Suffolk Hospital.
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: West Home from Hospital Service
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Home from Hospital Service based at West Suffolk
Hospital covering the West locality.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85110000, 75200000.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: East Home from Hospital
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Home from Hospital Service based at Ipswich
Hospital covering East/South locality.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85110000, 75200000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: None.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint & several liability.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: Staff/volunteers are experienced in
working with vulnerable adults. Staff/volunteers have a current CRB.
Previous experience in providing a similar service.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Staff/volunteers have
previously worked with vulnerable adults. All staff must have a CRB.
Provided a service similar to an organisation of comparable size.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
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) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
CD0166.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 16.9.2008 - 15:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
16.9.2008 - 15:00.
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 month(s): 3 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 16.9.2008 - 15:00.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 3 years.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Suffolk and its neighbouring county,
Norfolk, are currently the subject of local government structural review
by the Boundary Committee. Further details about the structural review
will be given in the Council's tender documents. In the mean time,
tenderers should be aware that one or more new unitary authorities and one
or more fire authorities, with responsibility for some or all of the
geographical county of Suffolk, may be created following the review. In
such circumstances, this notice shall stand as a Contract Notice issued on
behalf of Suffolk County Council and (if relevant) of any or all of the
new unitaries and/or fire authorities which may be created as a result of
the structural review within or crossing the current Suffolk
administrative border. If new unitary authorities and/or fire authorities
are established following the boundary review, the successful tenderer
will be required to co-operate with Suffolk County Council and its
successor(s) to ensure that the contract arising from this procurement is
dealt with in the most appropriate way. The contract may be transferred to
the new unitary authority/ies and/or fire authorities and it may be
divided between them if appropriate. Alternatively, one of the new bodies
may act as central purchasing authority on behalf of the other(s). Such
arrangements may occur by Statutory Order but the County Council also
intends to make contractual provision permitting such arrangements.
Receipt for completed tenders is 1500 hours on 16th September 2008, any
submissions received after this date will not be evaluated.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 11.8.2008.

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