Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-20
Buyer: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of NHS Commercial Solution
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000 | 33172200 | 85149000
Estimated value: 600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Commercial Solutions represents NHS Trusts in Kent, Medway, Surrey and Sussex. This Framework Agreement will include, and be for the benefit of, NHS trusts in England, including Acute, Foundation, Ambulance, Care, Primary Care, Mental Health trusts, Strategic and Special Health Authorities. Please follow the links below to identify specific organisations: —Acute trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx — Ambulance trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx —Care trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx — Foundation trusts: http://www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/home/about-nhsfoundationtrusts/nhs-foundation-trust-directory — Mental health trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx — Primary care trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/primarycaretrustlisting.aspx — Strategic health authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/StrategicHealthAuthorityListing.aspx — Special health authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx This will include any statutory and other successor organisations to any of the foregoing. More details of the specific organisations involved in this opportunity will be published during the process.
To appoint a number of Suppliers to a Framework Agreement who will be able to provide NHS Trusts with the provision, replenishment and management of deployed Emergency Medical Resuscitation Kits. It is intended to Award the Framework in June 2016 on an initial 2 year term with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month periods.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
The authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into This is in accordance with Regulations 86 (Notices of decisions to award a contract or conclude a framework agreement), 87 (Standstill period) and Regulation 91 Enforcement of duties through the Court of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk. Please see tender documentation for details. Please see tender documentation for details. Please see tender documentation for details. Please see tender documentation for details.
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Please see tender documentation for details.