Published date: 24 August 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 7 October 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental safety services - 90721000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£1,000,000

Procurement reference

T15/06/RW6 (Due North ProContract DN177513)

Published date

24 August 2016

Closing date

7 October 2016

Contract start date

1 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Objectives

•To enable the Trust to meet its statutory and non-statutory obligations, including related legislation, for the safe use of ionising and non-ionising radiation.
•To improve the quality and effectiveness of radiation usage as part of medical audit and to check that doses are As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA).
•To advance and keep abreast of the scientific developments in radiation protection, radiotherapy and imaging physics and keep the Trust so informed.
•To improve the efficiency of associated record keeping and document management systems.
•To respond to radiation incidents in a timely and efficient manner.
•To monitor personnel radiation doses and to investigate any causes for concern in a timely manner.

The contract has not been split into Lots on commercial, operational and contract management grounds.

The intention is to award a contract for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month periods.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

Please note that all expressions of interest must be submitted via the Due North ProContract portal, paper and emailed expressions will not be accepted.

If you are not already a registered supplier on Due North, please follow this link to register for free: https://www.supplying2nhs.com/procontract/healthservice/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openForm

Once you have successfully expressed your interest via the portal, you will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will be able to access and download the tender documentation and any other relevant information.

All documents pertaining to this opportunity will be available for download via the ProContract portal from the outset. Please ensure you are able to download all files immediately after accessing the ProContract portal.

Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract, no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will result in the tender submission being disregarded.

The uploading process when submitting a Tender via ProContract may take some time. Tenderers should therefore start this process in sufficient time to allow for the complete uploading of their tender submission by the Tender Return Time and Date.

About the buyer

Contact name

Peter Hamilton

Address

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust,
North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Road,
Crumpsall, Manchester
M8 5RB
England

Email

procurement.nm@pat.nhs.uk