Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-08-21
Buyer: The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 42320000 | 45222100 | 51135110 | 65410000
Estimated value: 7200000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Trust provides health services at 2 hospitals in North West London: Hillingdon and Mount Vernon. Hillingdon Hospital offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency and day surgery services. Services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics. The Trust provides clinical services to over half a million patients a year. The Trust is seeking to procure a supplier to provide a waste disposal and incinerator operation service at Hillingdon Hospital, where the incinerator is situated. This opportunity is for a supplier to lease the incinerator plant and premise from the Trust to dispose of the
Trust's clinical and non-clinical waste products. The supplier can utilise the plant and premise to service their own third-party clients. In return, the supplier will be required to provide the Trust with steam generated from the incineration process free of charge.
The Trust is seeking to procure a supplier to provide them with waste disposal and incinerator operation services.
1) A lease agreement is in place for the Trust to receive rental income from the supplier for the incinerator plant and premises;
2) An operations agreement is in place for the Trust to pay the supplier a fee for the cost of clinical and non-clinical/domestic waste collected from both Trust hospital sites and any other site where the Trust is responsible for the disposal of waste;
3) The supplier/incinerator generates steam/heat from the incineration process for the Trust, free of charge the supplier can utilise the plant and premise to service their own third-party clients.
A Market Engagement questionnaire has been prepared by the Trust to establish the level of market interest, gain feedback/comments on the proposed procurement and to inform an appropriate procurement strategy.
During the Market Engagement period, there will be an opportunity for bidders to visit the site, understand the condition of the facility and to attend a Q and A session with Trust representatives. Please see Section VI.3 Additional Information for further details.
Site visits will be arranged on 31.8.2018 and 3.9.2018 to provide potential suppliers with the opportunity to visit the site, understand the condition of the facility and to attend a Q and A session with Trust representatives. If you would like to attend a site visit, please submit your company name (optional), name, telephone number and e-mail address through the myTenders Question and Answer facility. The Trust will then allocate you a date/time to visit the site on either 31.8.2018 or 3.9.2018.
2) The Question and Answer facility on MyTenders will also be available until 12:00 noon on 7th September at 12:00 noon
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=212874


Award value: 7200000