Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-10-27
Buyer: NHS Fife
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34114100: Emergency vehicles | 34115200 | 34144200: Road-maintenance vehicles | 60112000 | 60170000
Estimated value: 1715350 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-11-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of transport for urgent care services mainly providing agreed number of drivers and vehicles suitable for the delivery of urgent care services to transport clinicians including General Practitioners (GPs) on board with drugs, medical equipment to and from base.
NHS Fife intends to let a contract for a 365 days transport service for Urgent Care Service. The service will require up to four vehicles (no specified base) customised to suit the urgent care service operating from 6:00 pm to 8:00 am each day from Monday to Thursday inclusive and from 6:00 pm each Friday until 8:00 am each Monday. There is an expectation Drivers will work within the European Working Time Regulations and as amended. The Service provider will provide and maintain the up to 4 vehicles for the provision of the service and will ensure service availability particularly over public holidays and busy times including the winter and easter festive periods. The service will be reviewed jointly by NHS Fife purchaser and the preferred service provider to implement changes in requirements due to service needs.
Successful bidder shall ensure car lease arrangement (if applicable) are in line with the contract period and also make the necessary arrangements for customizing and equip the vehicles to suit the services.
Bidders shall meet national minimum standards for operating the Service including licences for operating the service and appropriate vehicle documentation requirements (e.g. MOT, insurance and tax).
Drivers who will work under the contract shall have up-to-date Standard Disclosure via Disclosure Scotland at all times.
The European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) Scotland forms part of this tender covers the following areas:
Part II: information concerning the bidder in terms of company registration, relevant representatives, capacities and subcontractors;
Part III: ground for exclusion in terms of criminal conviction, tax payment, blacklisting, insolvency, conflict of interests and professional misconduct;
Part IV: selection criteria including economic and financial standing and insurance requirement of the bidders.
With reference to the ESPD Part VI, all bidders must meet the following suitability requirement as minimum:
All bidders are required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the bidders and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
All bidders are required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
Considerable ability and capability to deliver the service as stated in the Service specification and the evaluation criteria document.
Meet national minimum standards for operating the Service and meeting all regulatory requirements in respect of registration, operations, vehicles including MOT, insurance and tax.
Drivers who will work under the contract shall have appropriate licences and standard disclosure via Disclosure Scotland.

Eligibility requirements: Bidders shall meet national minimum standards for operating the Service including licences for operating the service and appropriate vehicle documentation requirements (e.g. MOT, insurance and tax). Drivers who will work under the contract shall have up-to-date Standard Disclosure via Disclosure Scotland at all times. Service provider shall have appropriate vehicle and driver licences from the start of the contract.

Award value: 1715350