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Awarding authority: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, PFI Office, 1st Floor, Old Nurses Home, North Middlesex University Hospital, Sterling Way, UK-London N18 1QX. Att: Jean George (PFI Project Director). Tel.: (020) 88 87 43 15. E-mail: jean.george@nmh.nhs.uk. Fax: (020) 88 87 26 27.

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Category of service and description, CPC reference number, quantity, options: CPV: 30200000, 33000000, 36000000, 45000000, 45215100, 45300000, 50000000, 55300000, 60113300, 60116100, 64214200, 70311100, 72222300, 72514300, 74000000, 74231400, 74610000, 74700000, 74800000, 74873000, 75122000, 77000000, 85100000, 85312100, 90121000, 90122200, 93000000, 93411200, 93511000.
Service category: 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 23, 25, 27.

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust: New Hospital Development.

To provide under HM Government Private Finance Initiative new serviced hospital accommodation (having a capital value currently anticipated to be in the region of UK 80 000 000 GBP (which may include some refurbishment) the services may include cleaning services, portering services, catering services, laundry and linen services, security services, car park services, landscaping and grounds maintenance, creche services, materials/stock management and purchasing, receipt and distribution of clinical goods within the Trust, estates services, including building maintenance and repair, energy management services, utilities and waste management, provision and maintenance of information technology infrastructure, equipment including medical equipment (including equipment refresh), sterile supplies and decontamination services, general transport of patients, staff accommodation, reception services, switchboard services, internal postal services and other ancillary services. The contract may exclude some of these services, or include others, depending upon bidders' proposals and satisfying value for money and affordability issues.

Total quantity or scope:

the capital cost of the hospital accommodation service is expected to be in the region of 80 000 000 GBP although this may change depending upon detailed proposals;

the contracting authority reserves the right not to proceed with the contract or with certain aspects of it;

it is currently anticipated that the contract shall be for a period in the region of 30 years following completion of the development of the new facilities.

Options:

the contracting authority may permit the deferral of detailed proposals in relation to the provision of medical equipment until later stages in the procurement;

details will be provided in the PITN documentation;

further, the Trust may exclude any proposed service or element of the proposed contract depending upon affordability and value for money.

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Delivery to: UK-London.

NUTS code: 55.

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(a)

Reserved for a particular profession: No.

(b)

(c)

Obligation to mention the names and qualification of personnel: Yes.

5.

Division into lots: Yes (see contract documents for details).

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Number of service providers which will be invited to tender: 4.

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Variants: Yes.

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Time limits for completion or duration of the contract, for starting or providing the service: 384 months from the award of the contract.

N.B. construction + 30 years.

9.

Legal form in case of group bidders: A consortium will be expected to form a joint venture company.

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(a)

(b)

Deadline for receipt of requests to participate: 21.2.2003 (12.00).

(c)

Address: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, for the attention of Sue Gentleman, or as otherwise advised in the pre-qualification questionnaire, PFI Office, 1st Floor, Old Nurses Home, North Middlesex University Hospital, Sterling Way, UK-London N18 1QX. Tel.: (020) 88 87 43 15. Fax: (020) 88 87 26 27.

(d)

Language(s): English.

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Deposits and guarantees: Guarantees in relation to performance may be required from parent organisations.

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Qualifications: To be detailed in the pre-qualification documents.

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Other information: Address from which further information can be obtained: North Middlesex University, Hospital NHS Trust, for the attention of Peter Limb, PFI Office, 1st Floor, Old Nurses Home, North Middlesex University Hospital, Sterling Way, UK-London N18 1QX. Tel.: (020) 88 87 43 15. Fax: (020) 88 87 26 27. E-mail: peter.limb@nmh.nhs.uk.

Type of contracting authority: body governed by public law.

Address from which documentation may be obtained: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, for the attention of Sue Gentleman, PFI Office, 1st Floor, Old Nurses Home, North Middlesex University Hospital, Sterling Way, UK-London N18 1QX. Tel.: (020) 88 87 43 15. Fax: (020) 88 87 26 27. E-mail: sue.gentleman@nmh.nhs.uk.

Main terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions: the contract is under HM Government's Private Finance Initiative. The financing of the relevant facilities will be the responsibility of the successful bidder.

Type of procedure: negotiated procedure.

Have candidates already been selected: no.

Award criteria:

the most economically advantageous tender in terms of criteria as stated in contract documents.

Reference number attributed to the file by the contracting authority: NMUH/02/14.

Conditions for obtaining contract document and additional documents: contract documents will be issued in the course of the process, obtainable until 15.1.2003.

Terms and method of payment: details will be given in the contract documents.

Dispatch of invitations to tender to selected candidates:

estimated date: 2.4.2003.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: two senior officers designated by the Chief Executive.

Date, time and place: to be detailed in the tender documents (2003), Trust Headquarters, North Middlesex University Hospital.

Is this notice a non-mandatory one: no.

The scope and nature of the requirements may be developed and the information set out above may be subject to change.

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, the contracting authority, is considering procuring a new hospital on a central site location using a single phased development plan as requested by the then Regional Office. The procurement will involve re-provision of around half of the Trust's estate to achieve co-location of services in a modern single facility comprising all emergency services, including A&E, diagnostics, theatres and critical care and a total of 151 beds.

The contracting authority, together with the other stakeholders and commissioners in this project (which include Enfield & Haringey Primary Care Trusts) have prepared an Outline business Case (OBC) in relation to the undertaking of such a scheme and the project has received approval from the Trust Board and from Enfield Primary Care Trust, Haringey Primary Care Trust and the North Central London Strategic Health Authority.

Arrangements in respect of transfer of employee service contracts and/or secondment of employees will be consistent with law and Department of Health policy. It is possible that the person awarded the contract may not become the employer of all staff engaged in the provision of the services.

Procurement timetable:

requests for memorandum of information and pre-qualification questionnaire (the "pre-qualification documents") for all bidders who wish to express an interest in the project should be made in writing to the address as above by 15.1.2003;

submission of pre-qualification questionnaires must be made by 21.2.2003 to the address as above, and in accordance with the terms of the pre-qualification questionnaire;

a bidders open day is scheduled to be held on 21.1.2003, of which further details will be included in the memorandum of information;

pre-qualified candidates will be issued with a preliminary invitation to negotiate. The date stated for dispatch of invitations to tender is the estimated date for the despatch of the PITN.

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Notice postmarked: 5.12.2002.

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Notice received on: 5.12.2002.

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18.

Covered by the "GPA" agreement: Yes.