Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-15
Buyer: Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Country: UK
Region: Leeds
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 34120000: Motor vehicles for transport of persons | 60112000 | 60130000 | 60170000
Estimated value: 1 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-11-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Leeds Teaching Hospitals are seeking expressions of interest for vehicles and a manned staff shuttle service between sites of the Trust. The Trust provides a shuttle service between hospitals for the benefit of staff that are employed by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and are travelling on official business. Details of our current requirements and shuttle schedule is provided in the Invitation to tender which is available to view upon expression of interest with Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
The contract length will be for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months, the contract will be split into lots.
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals are seeking expressions of interest for vehicles and driver to provide a staff shuttle service between sites of the Trust. The Trust provides a shuttle service between hospitals for the benefit of staff that are employed by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and are travelling on official business. Details of our current requirements and shuttle schedule is provided in the Invitation to tender which is available to view upon expression of interest.
Expressions of Interest and the Pre-Qualification Questionnaires can be obtained by following the below links to the trusts e-tendering portal at www.leedsth-tenders.co.uk.
2. You will need to register on the system if you are not already. Help with the registration can be found at the bottom right hand side of the page — Supplier Guide How to do Business;
3. Once registered, login to the system and from the opportunities section, please register your interest which will result in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire being sent automatically. Help is on hand at the bottom right hand side of the screen again — Supplier Guide First time Login.
If you need support with any aspect of the registration, login or using the system the first point of contact would be the help documents on the bottom right of the page. Failing that, please contact support at the top of the tendering page. Please note Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is not liable for any costs incurred by the respondents to this advert or any subsequent tender exercise. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reserves the right not to award a contract if circumstances dictate. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust would welcome responses from Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) as defined by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) capable of supplying all products and/or services detailed.
Obligations relating to taxes, environmental protection, employment protection and working conditions.
See Pre Qualification Questionnaire and draft Invitation to Tender. Submissions will be evaluated only on the basis of the information provided within your response to this PQQ together with any supporting documentation requested. A minimum score of 70 % must be achieved to move forward to the ITT stage. Where the final score achieved by potential bidders ranks them within 1 % pass mark of the 1st available position the bidder will be included in the Invitation to Tender. The Trust reserve the right to require a Bidder to clarify any of the information provided in response to the PQQ and this must be provided within the timescale specified. The Trust may treat an applicant as ineligible or decide not to select Bidder who does provide this additional information within the required timeframe. The evaluation of submissions may result in the short listing of bidders who move to the ITT stage of the process.
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the (for Public Sector) Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5), as amended in the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and further amended by the Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011, provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.

Eligibility requirements: See Pre Qualification Questionnaire and draft Invitation to Tender. See Pre Qualification Questionnaire and draft Invitation to Tender. See Pre Qualification Questionnaire and draft Invitation to Tender. See Pre Qualification Questionnaire and draft Invitation to Tender. See Pre Qualification Questionnaire and draft Invitation to Tender.
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See Pre Qualification Questionnaire and draft Invitation to Tender.

Award value: 1