Sub-Station D - Switchgear

BACKGROUND TO THIS OPPORTUNITY

Project Ref: C/173/ES/16/SW

BACKGROUND TO THIS OPPORTUNITY The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint a contractor to undertake an electrical project for the replacement of the existing main LV switchboard at substation D located at the premises.

The Contractor shall provide a full installation package providing the replacement switchgear, all interconnections and earthling plus testing, builder’s works and the disconnection and removal of the redundant equipment.

BACKGROUND TO THE COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large district General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital. The Trust has almost 4,000 staff and provides a range of medical services to more than 445,000 patients per year from areas covering Western Cheshire, Ellesmere Port, Neston and North Wales.

Additional information: HOW THIS PROCESS WILL WORK.

Open Procedure Prerequisites Appendix 1

Bids that fail to meet the minimum standard as denoted in Appendix 1 may be rejected. Bidders that fail to satisfy the Authority of meeting the minimum standards set out both economically and technically will be deemed ineligible and not have their bid further assessed.

It is recommended the bidders asses Appendix 1 and satisfy themselves of their own compliance before completing the bidder response and pricing schedules.

Following the receipt of your bid and the final deadline passes, your bid will be opened by the assessment panel. Where prerequisites have been applied, these will be assessed as the first stage of the evaluation. Failure to meet any prerequisite will result in your bid being immediately rejected. Upon satisfying all prerequisites your bid will be qualitatively assessed using the award criteria laid out in in the Conditions of Tender. If an e-Auction is applicable the Authority will contact you and offer the appropriate training and preparation. Following the conclusion of the evaluation you will be issued notification of either being successful or unsuccessful. This will be accompanied by a debrief letter advising you of your scores and if appropriate the scores of the winning bid, along with narrative as to how the scores were applied and what the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid were.

Clarification Questions from Bidders

Any questions which the Bidder wishes to raise in relation to this Tender should be made via the e-sourcing portal messaging system. Questions provided in other formats will not be considered or answered.

Clarification questions received by any other method may constitute canvassing as defined in this ITT. Organisations participating in a bid submission are therefore strongly advised to ensure that any communication with the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and/or its employees about or related to this procurement process is submitted through the Bravo e tendering portal only, as failure to do so may result in their bid submission being disqualified.

Site Visits

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