Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-26
Buyer: North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) (hosted by and acting through Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust)
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 18832000 | 18840000 | 18841000 | 18842000 | 18843000
Estimated value: 25000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Trusts, hospitals and other locations throughout the United Kingdom and (possibly) the Isle of Man.
The Authority (NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative) is seeking to let a framework agreement to cover the provision of a range of orthoses consumables (including stock items, bespoke/made to measure items and repair of same) and also the provision of orthotic services.
Lymphoedema garments and consumables including stock items, bespoke/made to measure items and repair of same.
Range of orthotic footwear and related consumables including stock items, bespoke/made to measure items and repair of same.
Range of upper body orthoses including stock items, bespoke/made to measure items and repair of same.
Range of lower body orthoses including stock items, bespoke/made to measure items and repair of same.
The number of operators at II.1.4 above is an estimate over all six Lots. The final number to be appointed will be influenced by the number of tender responses received and the outcome of the evaluation process.
Lymphoedema garments and consumables including stock items, bespoke/made to measure items and repair of same.
Range of orthotic footwear and related consumables including stock items, bespoke/made to measure items and repair of same.
Range of upper body orthoses including stock items, bespoke/made to measure items and repair of same.
Range of lower body orthoses including stock items, bespoke/made to measure items and repair of same.
The approximate gross annual spend on consumables (Lots 1-5) for information purposes from the sourcing group of seven trusts is in the region of: £2,377,148. We do not have a more granular level of information by Lot.
The 25 000 000 GBP is estimated and for illustrative purposes based on the wider potential for framework use during the term as it is marketed to (amongst others) NOECPC member trusts and the wider NHS.
Parent company or other guarantees, bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
Bids by groups or consortia of economic operators are permitted. However, the member organisations of NOE CPC reserve the right to require groupings or consortia of economic operators if they are the successful bidder to take a particular legal form in order to contract for this contract opportunity or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities. Candidates may be disqualified who do not respond in accordance with the format and instructions of this requirement. Prior to entering your general information and Expressing an Interest in this requirement, candidates are requested to provide their profile in Sid4gov. The NOE CPC utilizes the NHS Supplier Information Database (sid4gov) to manage & assess general pre-qualification info in the form of a profile. To register your profile on Sid4gov you must: i) Obtain a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) DUNS(R) Number to enable registration on sid4health. Normally its provided within 48 hours but may take up to 5 days. The DUNS(R) No. is the standard supplier coding for the NHS and must be obtained for trading with the NHS. Check if your company has a DUNS(R) No on theSid4gov registration page. ii) Go to: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/login and select Register Supplier Organisation and enter the first part or the whole of your organisation name or DUNS number. Click on Search, follow instructions to complete the registration or select an existing registration to create a new user account. (Candidates must publish at least one validated profile to make their profile available for buyers to view generally — see Help page on Sid4govwithin Profile Management for details). iii) ensure all mandatory fields of their Sid4gov profile are completed. D&B data will be supplied automatically by D&B. iv) Where access to Sid4gov is unavailable, contact the sid4health Helpdesk: sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk Once your sid4gov profile has been completed and validated progress to express interest in this tender as per section VI.3) Please ensure YOU keep your profile updated within Sid4gov regularly. Please refer to the invitation to tender documents. Please refer to the invitation to tender documents. Please refer to the invitation to tender documents. Please refer to the invitation to tender documents.
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