Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-25
Buyer: Gloucestershire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000 | 33110000: Imaging equipment for medical use | 33190000 | 80000000 | 85000000
Estimated value: 1400000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Lääketieteelliset laitteet, farmaseuttiset valmisteet ja henkilökohtaiseen hygieniaan liittyvät tuotteet
Lot A Prescribed Service includes the provision of condom, dental dam, and lubricant, along with HIV Testing, and support for people living with HIV and their Carers.
Lot B Developmental Services supports positive changes to people's intended and actual sexual health behaviour and improving sexual health.
The variant bids that will be accepted are: a single bid for either Lot A or Lot B; a combined bid for Lots A and B. Bidders may also submit a combined bid for lots A and B and single bids for either Lot A or Lot B; or both. Bidders should note that if they submit a combined bid, but would also be happy to be awarded either the single lot A or lot B they must also complete the ‘provider response’ for the lot(s) in question.
NB: There is a confidentiality agreement required to access the ITT document. This needs to be signed, scanned and returned through the portal by 18.10.2017@ 10:00.
The Council requires the Provider to deliver the Prescribed services from the Service Commencement date, 1.4.2018.
Maximum funding of 110 000 GBP pa will be allocated to the Developmental Services. These will comprise a programme of interventions to support positive changes in peoples' intended and actual behaviour with respect to looking after and improving their sexual health.
By the 30.9.2018, the provider will have produced and agreed a Service Development Plan (‘SDP’) with the Council. The SDP will set out details of the Developmental Services and a timetable for their implementation.
The subject matter of this procurement process relates to the delivery of services which are listed to in Schedule 3 to the regulations. As such the full regime set out in the regulations will not apply to the award of this contract(s). Consequently, the procurement process adopted by the Authority has been developed in accordance with Regulation 76 of the regulations and in particular in accordance with the fundamental public procurement principles of transparency and equal treatment. For the avoidance of doubt this means that the Authority have not adopted the open procedure (as such term is defined in the regulations) for the undertaking of this procurement process. The fact that in this Contract Notice at Section IV.1.1) the field/box relating to type of procedure may default to the term ‘Open’ does not mean that this procedure is being followed by the Authority.
Please login to ProContract via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk and register your interest in the opportunity. You will then be issued a confidentiality agreement which needs to be completed and sent via ProContract, in order to access the ITT documents.
All questions related to this contract should be sent using the ‘discussion’ function, which will be available once you have logged in and registered your interest.
The Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to bidders. This period allows unsuccessful bidders to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing, and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 days before the expiry of the standstill period.


Award value: 1400000