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Contract notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Health Service Executive (HSE)
N/A
Head Office
Oak House, Limetree Avenue, Millennium Park Naas
IE
For the attention of: Anne Colman
Telephone: +353 45880400
E-mail: procurement.info@hse.ie
Fax: +353 1890200893

Internet address(es):
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/461
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=87511&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=87511&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)

Main activity

Health

I.4)

Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

National Framework Agreement for Operating Theatre Tables, and Associated Accessories

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies

Purchase

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

Naas

NUTS code

IRELAND

II.1.3)

Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 12

Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 48

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated cost excluding VAT: 1200000 EUR

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded:

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The HSE wishes to procure and establish a multi-vendor Framework Agreement appointing qualified and competent service providers to meet the HSE requirements for Operating Theatre Tables and associated accessories. This process selects and appoints these service providers by Lot based on a Qualitative Selection Criteria for appointment to the Framework and Criteria for Award of Appointment to Framework.

There are Five Lots to this National Framework Agreement

II.1.6)

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33192230 Operating tables

33162000 Operating theatre devices and instruments

33162100 Operating-theatre devices

II.1.7)

Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)

Lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

II.1.9)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)

Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope:

The HSE wishes to procure and establish a multi-vendor National Framework Agreement appointing qualified and competent economic providers to meet the HSE requirements for Operating Theatre Tables Equipment & and Associated Accessories..

This National Framework Agreement is designed to support both the interim and longer term requirements of the HSE with regard to any future reconfigurations.

The parties eligible for this Fixed Price Agreement are:

• Ministers of the Government of Ireland, Central Government Departments, Offices and non-commercial Agencies and Organisations which have a formal reporting and legal relationship to Central Government Departments, including all local authorities in Ireland (themselves including Town Councils, regional assemblies, county enterprise boards and library bodies)

• Contracting authorities in the Irish health sector including the Health Service Executive (HSE), other HSE funded agencies and the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)

• Contracting authorities which are third Level Education Institutions (including universities and institutes of technology), vocational education committees (VECs) and VEC schools and primary, post-primary, special and secondary schools as well as VECs acting on behalf of school, groups and clusters of schools in centres

• An Garda Siochána (Police)

• The Irish Prison Service;

• Defence Forces and

• The National Lottery Company Limited”.

Please note that HSE Procurement are managing this process on behalf of HSE locations nationally, organisations funded by the HSE and other publicly funded agencies, as listed above.

An Economic Provider may be appointed to more than one, or all Lots, under this Framework. Economic Providers will be appointed to the framework, on a Lot by Lot basis, in accordance with their ranking against the Award Criteria set out in Section 2.3 of this document.

Appointees will then be invited to tender by means of Mini Competition and will be requested to meet service needs throughout the lifetime of the Framework Agreement.

It is envisaged that a very substantial amount of the HSE’s requirements over the life time of the Framework Agreement will be procured through this Framework Agreement.

The HSE may carry out mini-competitions from this framework on a national, regional, Hospital Group or Community Health Care Organisational basis. This will depend on the lot in question and will be decided at the mini-competition stage.

Estimated cost excluding VAT: 1200000 EUR

II.2.2)

Information about options

Options: yes

Description of these options:

33162000 Operating theatre devices and instruments

33162100 Operating-theatre devices

33192230 Operating tables

Quantity or scope:

Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Additional information about lots:

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.3)

Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)

Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)

Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of , the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)

Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

HSE 4898/15

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

03.06.2015 - 12:00

IV.3.6)

Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 012 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)

Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

The High Court
High Court Central Office,Four Courts Inns Quay
Dublin
IE
Telephone: +353 1886000
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie
Fax: +353 1886125

Internet address: http://www.courts.ie

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)