Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-05-20
Buyer: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30000000 | 30210000 | 30213200 | 30213300 | 48600000
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-06-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, through its commercial procurement services, wishes to award a single-supplier national framework agreement for the provision of a secure managed service of technology assets to public sector organisations.
Further details are provided in the invitation to tender accompanying this contract notice, which can be viewed at www.nhssourcing.co.uk.
The supplier appointed to the framework must be able to meet all aspects of the specification. Client organisations will, however, be able to contract for individual service elements of the service as required.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, through it's commercial procurement services, wishes to establish a framework which will allow NHS authorities and other public sector bodies to procure a provider with a secure managed service of technology assets.
This framework will be a single-supplier framework, and as such no further competition will be required. Client organisations may call off services as and when required directly from the successful supplier.
1) browse to the esourcing portal https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk and click on view current opportunities;
3) review the ITT, framework agreement specification, prerequisites and list of eligible users (you may do this without registering);
7) click the 'PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitationstotender open to any registered supplier);
9) 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;
10) responding to the ITT. 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 on-screen instructions to complete the 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 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the framework agreement 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 framework agreement is entered into.
The Public Contract regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).


Award value: 5000000