Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-29
Buyer: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Country: UK
Region: Luton
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 32571000 | 33181100 | 33192000 | 45215130 | 45232332
Estimated value: 7250000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-07-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (‘ENHT’) are advertising for a partner to provide a new satellite haemodialysis unit in the Luton and Dunstable area. The clinical service, including all clinical, nursing, administrative and dialysis technology staff will be provided by ENHT. The building, fitting out, some additional equipment and facilities management (FM) services will be provided by the partner which will include the provision of cleaning operatives. FM services will include building maintenance, security, cleaning, linen provision, domestic and clinical waste removal and provision of light refreshment supplies.
Clinical consumables are not included in the mandatory bid. However, bidders may include clinical consumables as an optional variant bid. Information regarding the submission of mandatory and variant bids is set out in the procurement documents.
The bidder is required to find a suitable location which most optimally serves the dialysis patient population (the aspiration being for 90 % of haemodialysis patients to be within 30 minutes road access of the unit). The location must be easily accessible by regular public transport, and within reasonable walking distance of such public transport, taking into account the health requirements of the users of the new Unit.
The design and planning of new renal dialysis buildings or the adaptation/extension of existing facilities must be compliant with the Department of Health Building Note 07-01: Satellite Dialysis Unit or the latest standard pertaining at the time of the contract. The successful bidder will be responsible for obtaining any planning or other approvals.
The Unit must provide 25 haemodialysis stations for the main dialysis area, including isolation facilities, with a 6 stationed annexe for self care. The new Unit must also incorporate an out-patient clinic area.
Depending on the Trust's requirements for a renal dialysis unit at the time, this contract may be subject to renewal.
The Trust currently envisages that the contract duration will be 5 years, with an option for the Trust to extend the contract for a period or periods not exceeding a further 5 years in total. The duration of the contract set out in section II.2.7) (120 months) is the total maximum duration if the contract is extended by the full 5-year period.
The Trust reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or not at all and to cancel or amend the tender process or timetable at any stage. The Trust does not bind itself to accept any tender and will not be liable under any circumstances for any costs, expenses or losses incurred by any prospective bidder in responding to this Contract Notice or in tendering for the proposed contract.
The Trust may require any joint venture or consortium, if successful, to form a single legal entity to enter into the contract with the Trust, or to sign undertakings that each member will be jointly and severally liable.
Depending on the Trust's requirements for a renal dialysis unit in the Luton area at the time of expiration of this contract, this may be a recurrent procurement.
The Trust reserves the right to require parent company guarantees, bonds or other forms of security in a form acceptable to the Trust.
The Trust reserves the right to provide the capital funding for this project in the event that it receives Government funding. It is currently intended that Bidders will be required to submit mandatory bids on the basis that they provide capital funding and on the basis that the Trust provides capital funding.


Award value: 7250000