The following sections within the ESPD must be completed.
All tendered services and products must fully comply with the NHS Requirement in the tender documents.
4C.1.2: Contractors will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU Contract Notice;
4C.2: Contractors will be required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control;
4C.8.1: Contractors will be required to confirm their average annual manpower for the last 3 years;
4C.8.2: Contractors will be required to confirm their number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;
4C.10: Contractors will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract;
4C.12: If awarded to the Contract Potential Contractors must provide evidence that tendered products are CE marked. Evidence should be in the form of certification issued by a notified body;
4D.1: Quality Management Procedures.
1) The contractor must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent)
or
2) The contractor must have the following:
(a) A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the contractor has and continues to implement a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, and is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation;
(b) Documented procedures for periodically reviewing, correcting and improving quality performance including processes for ensuring that the contractor’s quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery, this must include the quality of output and general performance;
(c) A documented process for ensuring that quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery, this must include the quality of output and general performance. The contractor must be able to provide copies of their organisation’s documentation procedures, that meet current agreed good practice. These must include the arrangements for quality management throughout the contractor’s organisation. They must set out how the contractor’s organisation will carry out its policy, with a clear indication of how the arrangements are communicated to the workforce;
(d) Documented arrangements for providing the contractor’s workforce with quality related training and information appropriate to the type of work for which this organisation is likely to bid. This will demonstrate that the organisation has in place and implements training arrangements to ensure that its workforce has sufficient skills and understanding to discharge their various responsibilities. These must include a Programme of training that will keep the workforce up to date with required knowledge about quality related issues, including copies of job profiles; training manuals and records;
(e) Documented arrangements that your organisation has a system for monitoring quality management procedures on an on-going basis. The contractor’s organisation must be able to provide evidence of systematic, periodic review and improvement of quality in respect of output and general performance;
(f) Documented arrangements for ensuring that the contractors apply quality management measures that are appropriate to the work for which they are being engaged;
(g) A documented process demonstrating how the contractor deals with complaints. The contractor must be able to provide details of how their organisation maintains records of any complaints received and how corrective measures are carried out to prevent re-occurrence.