Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
BRISTOL & WESTON NHS PURCHASING CONSORTIUM
Christopher Hancock Building
Bristol
BS10 5NB
Contact
Nicole Hester
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK - South West (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service
BWPC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://service.ariba.com/Discovery.aw/ad/viewRFX?id=19810237
Buyer's address
https://service.ariba.com/Discovery.aw/ad/viewRFX?id=19810237
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://service.ariba.com/Discovery.aw/ad/viewRFX?id=19810237
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://service.ariba.com/Discovery.aw/ad/viewRFX?id=19810237
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Critical Care Transfer Services Call Handling
Reference number
BWPCID000001-8
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75122000 - Administrative healthcare services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Bristol and Weston Purchasing Consortium ("BWPC") is working together with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust ("UHBW") to put a contract in place to provide Call Handling services for the management of referrals for advice and critical care transfers for Southwest Neonatal Advice and Retrieval (SoNAR), Wales and West Acute Transport for Children (WATCh), Retrieve Adult Critical Care Transfer Service, Bristol Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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Service (ECMO) and Paediatric Major Trauma Service across Peninsula and Severn regions (to note WATCh also covers South Wales) that shall be implemented in full by August 2024 through an Open Tender Process.
Further details of the Authority's requirements under the Contract and other relevant information are detailed in the Specification at ITT Schedule 1 (Specification) and the Draft Contract at ITT Schedule 7 (Draft Contract)
Please click on the link and follow the instructions on the landing page to view bidding documents. If you are not already set up on Ariba as a supplier please use https://service.ariba.com/Discovery.aw/ad/viewRFX?id=19810237 for registration.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK - South West (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Bristol and Weston Purchasing Consortium ("BWPC") is working together with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust ("UHBW") to put a contract in place to provide Call Handling services for the management of referrals for advice and critical care transfers for Southwest Neonatal Advice and Retrieval (SoNAR), Wales and West Acute Transport for Children (WATCh), Retrieve Adult Critical Care Transfer Service, Bristol Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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Service (ECMO) and Paediatric Major Trauma Service across Peninsula and Severn regions (to note WATCh also covers South Wales) that shall be implemented in full by August 2024 through an Open Tender Process.
Further details of the Authority's requirements under the Contract and other relevant information are detailed in the Specification at ITT Schedule 1 (Specification) and the Draft Contract at ITT Schedule 7 (Draft Contract)
Please click on the link and follow the instructions on the landing page to view bidding documents. If you are not already set up on Ariba as a supplier please use https://service.ariba.com/Discovery.aw/ad/viewRFX?id=19810237 for registration.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
Option to extend for a further 12 months (3+1)
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract will be for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months (3+1)
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
24 June 2024
Local time
1:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
24 June 2024
Local time
2:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Bristol and Weston NHS Procurement Consortium Brisol
Christopher Hancock Building North Bristol NHS Trust
Bristol
BS10 5NB
Country
United Kingdom