Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-26
Buyer: Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
Country: UK
Region: Dumfries & Galloway
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33191100
Estimated value: 150000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The project is for the supply, installation and commissioning of two multi-purpose, effluent containment laboratory sterilizers including steam generators (either integral or separated depending upon bidders design and the plant room space requirements), with associated equipment, within the Microbiology Department at the new Dumfries and Galloway Hospital in Dumfries.
The project is for the supply, installation and commissioning of two multi-purpose, effluent containment laboratory sterilizers including steam generators (either integral or separated depending upon bidders design and the plant room space requirements), with associated equipment, within the Microbiology Department at the new Dumfries & Galloway Hospital in Dumfries.
There will be new laboratories department within the hospital located on the 1st floor within the building. The new department will be constructed to house 2 x multicycle effluent containment laboratory sterilisers fitted with active air removal via liquid ring vacuum pump. The steam generation plant will be provided by the bidder and forms part of this requirement. This procurement is for 2 x sterilisers with associated steam plant, compressors, loading equipment and discard containers (and water treatment system if required for the site bore hole supplied water). The sterilizers will be processing waste from containment level II and III laboratories and used to sterilize solutions and equipment prior to use within the laboratories. The processing capacity required is to process 7 Plastic discard cycles per day of a volume equivalent to 12 ‘Goldsworth type’ discard tins per cycle, there will also be 3 clean fluids cycles run every week and a daily porous load cycle. The Sterilizer should have a mechanism to allow a leak test cycle or porous load cycle (or both) to be programmed to run out of hours.
The following list provides details of the sections within the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) that must be completed. The ESPD is located within NHS Dumfries & Galloway Hospital Lab Sterilizers/Autoclaves, ITT 15293.
4B.1.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 300 000 GBP for the last 3 years.
4B.5.2 It is a requirement of the contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
The following provides details of the sections within the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) that must be completed. The ESPD is located within NHS Dumfries & Galloway Hospital Lab Sterilizers/Autoclaves, ITT 15293.
— 4C.1.2 Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU Contract Notice. A minimum of three sites for Hospital Lab Sterilizers/Autoclaves must be referenced, with full contact details.
1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent),
a. A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the bidder has and continues to implement a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, and is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation.
b. Documented procedures for periodically reviewing, correcting and improving quality performance including processes for ensuring that the bidder's quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery, this must include the quality of output and general performance.
c. A documented process for ensuring that quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery, this must include the quality of output and general performance. The bidder must be able to provide copies of their organisation's documentation procedures, that meet current agreed good practice. These must include the arrangements for quality management throughout the bidder's organisation. They must set out how the bidder's organisation will carry out its policy, with a clear indication of how the arrangements are communicated to the workforce.
d. Documented arrangements for providing the bidder's workforce with quality related training and information appropriate to the type of work for which this organisation has in place and implements training arrangements to ensure that its workforce has sufficient skills and understanding to discharge their various responsibilities. These must include a programme of training that will keep the workforce up to date with required knowledge about quality related issues, including copies of job profiles; training manuals and records.
e. Documented arrangements that your organisation has a system for monitoring quality management procedures on an on-going basis. The bidder's organisation must be able to provide evidence of systematic, periodic review and improvement of quality in respect of output and general performance.
f. Documented arrangements for ensuring that the bidders apply quality management measures that are appropriate to the work for which they are being engaged.


Award value: 150000