Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-23
Buyer: Velindre NHS Trust (as host of NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership — Procurement Services)
Country: UK
Region: WALES
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2017-01-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The supply of Agency Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors, Healthcare Assistants and Operating Department Practitioners.
The supply of Agency Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors, Healthcare Assistants and Operating Department Practitioners to Health Boards and Trusts in Wales.
Any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner: 1. ENTERING GENERAL Qualification SUPPLIER INFORMATION NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services utilizes the NHS Supplier Information Database (Sid4Gov) and/or Sell2Wales to manage and assess general prequalification information in the form of a profile. Candidates are requested to either: i) Provide their profile in Sid4Gov as follows: Candidates should register on Sid4Gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their Sid4Gov company profile for publication to the system. Candidates already registered on NHS Sid4Gov must ensure that information is up to date and provide their profile number when responding to this alert. Where access to Sid4Gov is unavailable, please contact the Sid4Gov helpdesk at support@nqc.com or ii) Register company information on the Sell2Wales website at ww.sell2wales.co.uk. 2. SUBMISSION OF TENDER AND PROCUREMENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION i) Candidates should register on the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services eTendering portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs ii) Once registered, candidates must submit their tender as follows a) login to NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services eTendering portal b) select ‘Respond to OJEU advert and ITT c) select “ITTs Open To All Suppliers” d) access listing relating to the contract (title xxxx) and view details e) click on “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left hand side of the page iii) Once you have expressed interest, the ITT will move to 'My ITTs’, where you can download additional documentation and where you can construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the publish button iv) For any support in submitting your tender, please contact the eTendering helpdesk on 08000112470 or at help@bravosolution.co.uk.
3. This notice is being placed by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership — Procurement Services. For the purpose of this procurement, the awarding authority will be Velindre NHS Trust.
4. This advertisement is placed by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership — Procurement Services on behalf of participating LHB's/Trusts in Wales for the totality of those LHB/Trust specific contractual arrangements.
5. The framework to be let for a 2 year period with an option to extend for a period of up to 24 months.
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals. The authority will allow a minimum of 10 calendar days standstill period between notifying the award decision and awarding the contract. Unsuccessful bidders and applicants are entitled to receive reasons for the decision including characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the bidder/applicant was unsuccessful. Should additional information be required it should be requested of the addressee in Section 1. Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the procurement rules have the right to take action in the High Court (England and Wales). Any such action is subject to strict time limits and must be brought promptly. For more information on how to appeal and the relevant time limits, please see the following statement on the authorities website: www.procurement.wales.nhs.uk/supply/terms

Eligibility requirements: Any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner: 1. ENTERING GENERAL Qualification SUPPLIER INFORMATION NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services utilizes the NHS Supplier Information Database (Sid4Gov) and/or Sell2Wales to manage and assess general prequalification information in the form of a profile. Candidates are requested to either: i) Provide their profile in Sid4Gov as follows: Candidates should register on Sid4Gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their Sid4Gov company profile for publication to the system. Candidates already registered on NHS Sid4Gov must ensure that information is up to date and provide their profile number when responding to this alert. Where access to Sid4Gov is unavailable, please contact the Sid4Gov helpdesk at support@nqc.com or ii) Register company information on the Sell2Wales website at ww.sell2wales.co.uk. 2. SUBMISSION OF TENDER AND PROCUREMENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION i) Candidates should register on the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services eTendering portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs ii) Once registered, candidates must submit their tender as follows a) login to NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services eTendering portal b) select ‘Respond to OJEU advert and ITT c) select “ITTs Open To All Suppliers” d) access listing relating to the contract (title xxxx) and view details e) click on “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left hand side of the page iii) Once you have expressed interest, the ITT will move to 'My ITTs’, where you can download additional documentation and where you can construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the publish button iv) For any support in submitting your tender, please contact the eTendering helpdesk on 08000112470 or at help@bravosolution.co.uk.