UK-Birmingham: research and development services and related consultancy services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

MPIRMIGCHAM

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:299461-2008

Publication Date:

Nov 19, 2008

Deadline:

Dec 17, 2008

Buyer:

NHS WEST MIDLANDS

Original Language:

English

Address:

NHS WEST MIDLANDS
BIRMINGHAM , WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.westmidlands.nhs.uk

Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 225/2008
, #
299461-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): NHS West Midlands, St. Chad's
Court, 213 Hagley Road, Contact: Governance, Attn: Corinne Taylor,
UK-Birmingham B16 9RG. Tel. (44-8451) 55 10 22. E-mail:
Corinne.Taylor@westmidlands.nhs.uk. Fax (44-1216) 95 22 33.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.westmidlands.nhs.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA19401.
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.
Health.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Independent Evaluation of Progress and Achievement in Delivering Investing
for Health.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 25.
Main place of performance: NHS West Midlands Healthcare Region.
NUTS code: UKG.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The contracting
authorities wishes to select a contractor for the provision of consultancy
services to conduct an evaluation across the full range of "Investing for
Health" initiatives in order to provide independent assessment of progress
and report this to all stakeholders and the wider public.
The scope of the contract includes all of the components of the Investing
for Health Strategy, 33 measures of success identified, 10 key projects,
"Our NHS, Our Future" – Investing for Health Step 2 which adds the further
dimensions of the "Pledge for Excellence" and the CPG pathways.
There are 3 key workstreams to the evaluation proposal:
- evaluation of the Impact of Investing for Health overall,
- evaluation of the Investing for Health 10 Projects Programme Management
Approach,
- evaluation of progress with CPG visions and regional Clinical Lead
mechanism.
Bidders will be invited to recommend an appropriate evaluation plan and
structure that effectively meets the specific aims and requirements
outlined. However, whatever the agreed evaluation plan and structure, the
scope of the work will take in both summative and formative evaluation
activities and the successful evaluator will be expected to as a minimum,
but not limited to:
Design and manage all evaluation activities and instruments.
Manage the collection and analysis of data.
Arrange and facilitate appropriate interviews and focus groups.
Identify and review appropriate secondary sources throughout the contract
time frame.
Produce detailed reporting on the analysis and findings.
Ensure robust evidence and commentary is provided in respect of tha
analysis and reporting to justify findings across all stakeholder groups.
Meet with key stakeholder groups to convey findings and analysis where
necessary.
The complex nature of the Programme, and its multiplicity of activities
will involve the evaluator in a significant number of visits and
interviews over the contract period. In addition, in order to understand
the evolution and progress of the Programme, and to make periodic reports,
the evaluator will also need to attend some management, and stakeholder
meetings which may include IfH Programme and Project Boards.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73000000, 73110000,
73200000, 73210000, 79419000, 85140000, 79400000, 79411000, 79411100,
79410000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The estimated value of the contract is
anticipated to be in the range 300 000 to 400 000 GBP (excluding VAT).
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 300 000 and 400 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.4.2009. Completion: 30.11.2011.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: The contracting authority
reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees and/or other forms of
security as detailed in invitation to tender documents.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Details of the
financing conditions and payment arrangments will be included in the
invitation to tender documentation.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Where a consortium is tendering then
the contracting authority reserves the right to require groupings of
contractors to take a particular legal form or to require a single
contractor to take primary liability or to require that each party
undertakes joint and several liability prior to a contract award by the
Authority.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: In
accordance with Articles 45 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulations
23 to 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the
pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address set
out in Section I.1 above.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: In
accordance with Articles 45 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulations
23 to 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the
pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address set
out in Section I.1 above.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: In
accordance with Articles 45 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulations
23 to 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the
pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address set
out in Section I.1 above.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary
for evaluating if requirements are met: In accordance with Articles 45 to
50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulations 23 to 25 of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the pre-qualification
questionnaire which is available from the address set out in Section I.1
above.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: In
accordance with Articles 45 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulations
23 to 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the
pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address set
out in Section I.1 above.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
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 number of operators 5.
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:
CD/PO/IfH01.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
17.12.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 22.12.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The contracting authority is acting on
behalf of itself and/or any other member of the health and social care
economy in the West Midlands including (but not limited to) the following
organisations:
Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust (BEN PCT).
Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust.
Dudley Primary Care Trust.
Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust.
Herefordshire Primary Care Trust.
North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust.
Sandwell Primary Care Trust.
Shropshire County Primary Care Trust.
Solihull Care Trust.
South Birmingham Primary Care Trust.
South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust.
Stoke on Trent Primary Care Trust.
Telford and Wrekin Primary Care Trust.
Walsall Primary Care Trust.
Warwickshire Primary Care Trust.
Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust.
Worcestershire Primary Care Trust.
In addition, the contracting authority reserves the option to extend the
contract so that, in addition to the contracting authorities named above,
the services are provided to some or all the members of the health and
social care economy in the West Midlands including (but not limited to)
the PCTs, NHS Trusts and local authorities.
(MT Ref:60068).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 17.11.2008.

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