Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-10
Buyer: Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Region: SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products | 33690000 | 33692000 | 33692100 | 33692500
Estimated value: 18000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-04-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Bodies within the boundaries of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Avon and Wiltshire to include but not be limited to the following NHS bodies: Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Torbay and South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, North Bristol NHS Trust, Weston Area Health Trust.
Supply of Aseptically Prepared Batch and Patient Specific Products and Terminally Sterilised Products.
Supply of Aseptically Manipulated or Terminally Sterilised Batch Products. Includes Cytotoxic and Non-Cytotoxic Batch Products.
Offers may be submitted for one or more lots. Offers may be submitted for all products or selected product in Lot 1 and Lot 2b. Offers must be submitted for all products in Lot 2a.
Offers may be submitted for 1 or more lots. Offers may be submitted for all products or selected product in Lot 1 and Lot 2b. Offers must be submitted for all products in Lot 2a.
Parent company and other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. See the invitation to tender for further detail.
1) Suppliers are required to submit their tender response via the Trusts e-tendering portal — CTM — which is accessed at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp — please make sure that you are registered to avoid any future delays.
(a) Is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) Has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(e) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

Eligibility requirements: Any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner: 1) Suppliers are required to submit their tender response via the Trusts e-tendering portal — CTM — which is accessed at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp — please make sure that you are registered to avoid any future delays. 2) Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) Is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations; (c) Has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate; (e) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (f) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (g) Is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) Has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) Has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) Has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) Has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering. (l) The Trust reserves the right to enforce Regulation 57 of the PCR 2015 with regards to its rights to the discretionary exclusion of Bidders Bidders who have been convicted of a Bribery Act 2010 offence under section 1 (offences relating to bribing another person) or section 6 (bribery of foreign public officials) will be excluded. In addition to the Provisions of Freedom of Information Act, Bidders will have due regard to the Trusts obligations on Transparency which are set out in more detail at www.businesslink.gov.uk/transparency/procurement and all offers will be submitted on the basis that the contract when awarded may be published in full in accordance with H M Government Transparency Guidance. The Trust will also be utilising the NHS supplier information database (sid4gov) to manage and assess general pre-qualification information in the form of a profile. As well as responding to the tender via the e-tendering portal, candidates are requested to provide or update their profile on the sid4gov as follows: a) candidates should register on sid4gov at http://http://gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/i-am-supplier by clicking on the Register Organisation tab and select the Supplier button. b) to continue with the registration process Suppliers must have a current DUNS Number. If a Supplier does not have a DUNS Number there is a link to the D&B UK website to request a DUNS Supplier Number. c) Suppliers who already have a published profile on sid4gov must confirm that information is up to date; i) candidates should ensure all relevant sections of their NHS sid4gov profile are completed to demonstrate their ability to meet the short listing criteria applicable to this contract. Where access to NHS sid4gov is unavailable, please contact NHS the sid4gov helpdesk. Please note all responses to OJEU should be made through the e-tendering portal and registration is required on sid4gov to update or provide company profiles only. As per III.2.1. above. As per III.2.1. above.
As per III.2.1. above.