Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-31
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33110000: Imaging equipment for medical use | 33111000: X-ray equipment | 33111400 | 33111500 | 33111600
Estimated value: 120000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-07-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework agreement for the supply, installation, and/or maintenance of Diagnostic Imaging Equipment including but not limited to X-Ray, Computed Radiography, CT, MR, PET/CT, Mammography, Fluoroscopy, Lithotripter, Interventional, Dental, Bone Densitometry, Image Intensifier, Nuclear Imaging, Contrast Injectors, Specimen cabinets, Digital systems for scoliosis Ultrasound and Bladder Scanners. Also included is the installation of equipment (including pre-installation works undertaken as a turnkey contract with the equipment supplier) and the servicing and maintenance of the aforementioned equipment including servicing by 3rd parties. Also included is the repair of ultrasound transducers and the supply of contrast injectors and associated consumables and mammography biopsy devices and associated consumables.
Framework Agreement for the supply, installation, and/or maintenance of contrast injectors and the supply of syringes and other consumables that are used with Contrast Injector systems for use with Diagnostic Imaging Equipment.
Framework Agreement for the supply, installation, and/or maintenance of mammography vacuum devices and/or the supply of associated consumables.
Supply, Installation (including pre-installation works undertaken as a turnkey contract with the equipment supplier) and maintenance of Diagnostic Imaging equipment including but not limited to X-Ray, Computed Radiography, Angiography, Fluoroscopy, Lithotripsy, CT, MR, PET/CT, Mammography, Lithotripter, Interventional, Dental, Bone Densitometry, Image Intensifiers, Nuclear Imaging, Specimen cabinets, Scoliosis Imaging Systems and Ultrasound.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below:
All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this Notice.
Where the Potential Framework Participant is unable for a valid reason to provide the information required, the Authority may accept such other information provided by the Potential Framework Participant as the Authority considers appropriate.
It is a mandatory requirement for any systems offered on this Framework to have CE Marking in accordance with directive 93/42/EEC (as amended) at contract commencement.
Tendered devices must comply with the requirements and electrical safety document included within the tender.
The equipment must comply with particular requirements for electrical safety set out in the International Electro technical IEC 60601-1:2005 standard, its subsequent corrigenda and amendments.
All X-ray equipment will comply with current radiation protection legislation and guidance including IRR17, IRMER 2017, HSE Guidance Note PM77 (3
Please note that it is a mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its subcontractors), as a minimum, operate to ISO13485:2012 or ISO9001:2001 or equivalent.
Mandatory requirement for each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its subcontractors) to have a minimum of 1 fully trained and certificated engineer capable of servicing each equipment type they are offering to Participating Authorities.
It is a mandatory requirement that each Potential Framework Participant (or any of its subcontractors) must have the capability to respond to unscheduled service calls and have an engineer on Participating Authorities sites within 24 hours of request.

Eligibility requirements: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below: — Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP, — Public Liability Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP, — Professional Indemnity Insurance = 2 000 000 GBP, — Product Liability Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP.

Award value: 120000000