Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Shared Business Services
Broadway
SALFORD
M502UW
Contact
Sarah Golby
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD33 - Manchester
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
THE PROVISION OF DOMESTIC WASTE SERVICES ON BEHALF OF GREATER MANCHESTER NHS TRUSTS
Reference number
GM_ICS_DomesticWaste_Dec2021
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90513000 - Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Greater Manchester NHS Trusts are inviting expressions of interest from suitably experienced and capable providers, to provide Domestic Waste services.
Greater Manchester NHS Trusts are looking for the delivery of a collaborative contract for the provision of Domestic Waste services across the Greater Manchester region.
It is the intention that the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts will tender their Domestic Waste provision alongside the renewal of the NHS SBS Waste Management and Minimisation Services Framework which is due to be published in approximately May 2022. This opportunity will be published as part of the framework renewal but will consist of a separate lot for the Provision of Domestic Waste Services for the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts. It will result in a contract for the Great Manchester NHS Trusts which will provide a staggered award.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £15,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD3 - Greater Manchester
Main site or place of performance
Service to provide domestic waste services to Greater Manchester NHS Trusts
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Greater Manchester NHS Trusts are inviting expressions of interest from suitably experienced and capable providers, to provide the provision of Domestic Waste
Greater Manchester NHS Trusts are looking for the delivery of a collaborative contract for the provision of Domestic Waste services across the Greater Manchester region.
It is the intention that the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts will tender their Domestic Waste provision alongside the renewal of the NHS SBS Waste Management and Minimisation Services Framework which is due to be published in approximately May 2022. This opportunity will be published as part of the framework renewal but will consist of a separate lot for the Provision of Domestic Waste Services for the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts. It will result in a contract for the Great Manchester NHS Trusts which will provide a staggered award.
This Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) seeks the views and opinions of those organisations that may be interested in delivering the Service.
Greater Manchester NHS Trusts wish to understand the views of interested providers, particularly in relation to delivering the contract as a collaborate group and any savings/ benefits that can be achieved.
Responses to this invitation for expressions of interest are likely to initiate follow-up engagement by the Greater Manchester Trusts as well as sharing of developing documentation such as service specification and commercial modelling ahead of any procurement process.
two.2.14) Additional information
Further information about the proposed service model for domestic waste services for the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts, is available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com/.
Registration is FREE to access and download electronic documents. Once logged into EU-Supply, search for Tender/RFI ID 50590- "Market Engagement - Greater Manchester Domestic Waste". Expressions of interest are requested in the form of a completed simple Market Engagement Questionnaire available through EU-Supply, requested by 12 noon, Friday 25th March 2022
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 July 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
***TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST and to COMMENCE ENGAGEMENT with the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts, you are invited to review and then to COMPLETE a Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) and return this ASAP by 12noon, Friday 25th March 2022.
Please return your completed MEQ via the messaging facility of the e-procurement system "EU-Supply" which is available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com.
*Note: If not already registered with EU-Supply, you will need to register FREE of charge. This will be the main portal to be used to communicate with interested providers, and through which the procurement process will be managed. An attached document "EU-Supply User Guide" will be helpful. If you need technical support on the EU-Supply Portal, please contact the EU-Supply Helpdesk on 0800 840 2050 or support@eu-supply.com.
Once logged into EU-Supply, search for Tender/RFI ID 50590 - "Market Engagement - Greater Manchester Domestic Waste".
Provider organisations responding with a completed Market Engagement Questionnaire to confirm their interest, are likely to be invited to engage further with the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts, including sharing latest versions of the service specifications, activity and financial modelling and the commercial approach being developed for the contract - all ahead of any possible procurement process.
Note, whilst your response is not a pre-requisite to any future procurement opportunity, responses, or lack of them will be used by the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts as evidence and inform selection of the most appropriate process to award a contract(s), including whether a competitive process should be used.