Published date: 8 December 2017

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: 5 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Security services - 79710000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£12,000,000

Procurement reference

T17/04/RW6 (Due North ProContract DN306403)

Published date

8 December 2017

Closing date

5 January 2018

Contract start date

1 September 2018

Contract end date

31 August 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The purpose of this tender exercise is to select a service contractor whose delivery of Security Services will
represent value for money, high quality service; combined with the ability to identify and implement service
efficiencies across the Trust contributing to a 5% cost reduction per annum.

The Trust will be holding supplier open days on the 20th December, 2017 in Room F17 and on the 21st December, 2017 in Room F16 at 9.00am at the Royal Oldham Hospital Education Centre to provide an overview of the project and to enable bidders to gain an understanding of the nature of the Trust's requirements.

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

The Trust has set a minimum level of financial standing of an annual turnover of £15M or more in each of the last 2 financial years.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

This procurement process is being conducted under the 'Light Touch Regime', governing 'Social and Other Specific Services' as detailed in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the Light Touch Regime contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).

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://procontract.due-north.com/register

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.

Please note that Invitation to Tender (ITT) Documentation Sections 'A' and 'B' have been made available for information purposes only and should not be completed at the SQ stage of the procurement process.

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,
Trust Headquarters, North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Road, Crumpsall,
Manchester,
M8 5RB
England

Email

procurement.nm@pat.nhs.uk