Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-07
Buyer: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (“UHCW”)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 33170000: Anaesthesia and resuscitation | 33172000: Resuscitation devices
Estimated value: 850000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-04-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Tender is to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of Anaesthetic, Oxygen and Nebulization Therapy Consumables.
The duration of the framework will be 4 years maximum (3 years initial period with the option of extending for 1 period of 12 months).
The products covered in Lot 1 will include some of the following items (please refer to the price schedule for the comprehensive list):
Since this is a Framework Agreement which will be open to many Contracting Authorities the true potential spend is not known at this stage.
terms and conditions/Activity Based Income (ABI). The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
— click the PQQs/ITTs open to all suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier,
— click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking buyer attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the submit response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo eTendering Help Desk at
help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk.
Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the qualification and technical envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.
Lot 1: The framework will run for a maximum period of 4 years with each successful tenderer. The term of the call-off contract will be 3 years for an option to extend for 1 year.
The products covered in lot 2 will include some of the following items (please refer to the price schedule for the comprehensive list):
Since this is a Framework Agreement which will be open to many Contracting Authorities the true potential spend is not known at this stage.
Terms and conditions/Activity Based Income (ABI). The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
Submission of expressions of interest and procurement information. This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows:
— click the PQQs/ITTs open to all suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier,

Eligibility requirements: HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Standard Selection Questionnaire "SQ".

Award value: 850000