HEMS Services (Helicopter Emergency Medical Services)

Erasmus MC, VUMC and UMC St. Radboud

To provide HEMS services as described in the tender documents and its associated appendices.
Four trauma centres in the Netherlands were given an instruction by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport to keep a Mobile Medical Team (MMT) ready 24 hours a day. The MMT is deployed in the event of serious accidents and incidents when called out by the ambulance services’ alarm centre. A HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) helicopter is available for the purpose, plus a road vehicle for when the weather is bad or other specific situations. The first trauma centre to have an MMT helicopter was the VU university medical center (1995), followed by the Erasmus MC (1997), UMC St Radboud (2001) and UMC Groningen (2001).
The HEMS helicopter has to take an MMT and the equipment it needs to the location of the incident as quickly as possible. In a number of cases (2-12 %, depending on the trauma region), the patient is currently transported from the incident location to a hospital by helicopter. Patients may be transported by helicopter when this is beneficial to the patient’s health and/or when transport by ambulance is less suitable. This is the case when a patient in a critical situation has to be transported over greater distances or when transport by ambulance is impossible due to terrain conditions.
The contract with the current provider will terminate at the end of 2011. Three of the four trauma centres – namely VUmc in Amsterdam, Erasmus MC in Rotterdam and UMC St Radboud in Nijmegen – have decided to issue a joint tender for the transport of an MMT and/or patients by helicopter. The principle here is that one provider or a combination of providers should be found, with a single party bearing the final responsibility for the three trauma centres.

Deadline

De termijn voor de ontvangst van de offertes was 2011-04-28. De aanbesteding werd gepubliceerd op 2011-02-28.

Wie?

• Erasmus MC, VUMC and UMC St. Radboud

Wat?

• Helicopters en vliegtuigen › Helikopters
• Luchtvaart- en aanverwante diensten › Luchtreddingsdiensten
• Verhuur van luchtvaartuigen met bemanning › Verhuur van helikopters met bemanning

Waar?

• Nederland

Aankoopgeschiedenis

Datum	Document
2011-02-28	Aankondiging van een opdracht

Aankondiging van een opdracht (2011-02-28)
Object
Toepassingsgebied van de aanbesteding
Titel: Luchtreddingsdiensten
Hoeveelheid of omvang:

In 2009 the trauma centres requested a combined total of approximately 1 200 flying hours for HEMS services. The expectation is that this will increase in future, as night operations are not possible yet at all the trauma centres.

Aankondigingsmetadata
Originele taal: Engels 🗣️
Documenttype: Aankondiging van een opdracht
Aard van de opdracht: Diensten
Regelgeving: Europese Unie
Gemeenschappelijke woordenlijst overheidsopdrachten (CPV)
Code: Luchtreddingsdiensten 📦

Procedure
Type procedure: Openbare procedure
Type bod: Inschrijving voor alle percelen
Gunningscriteria
Laagste prijs

Aanbestedende dienst
Identiteit
Land: Nederland 🇳🇱
Type aanbestedende dienst: Publiekrechtelijke instelling
Postadres: Postbus 2040
Postcode: 3000 CA
Poststad: Rotterdam
Contact
Internetadres: http://www.erasmusmc.nl, www.vumc.nl, www.umcn.nl 🌏
E-mail: j.veenendaal@erasmusmc.nl 📧
Telefoon: +31 107035651 📞

Referentie
Datums
Verzenddatum: 2011-02-28 📅
Indieningstermijn: 2011-04-28 📅
Publicatiedatum: 2011-03-03 📅
Identificatoren
Aankondigingsnummer: 2011/S 43-070860
PB-S nummer: 43
Aanvullende informatie

This public tender has been drawn up in English and Dutch. In case of any contradictions or ambiguities between the two versions, the Dutch version is leading in the intepretation of the document. Information meetings for this tender are planned for 6.4. and 7.4.2011, along with the option of visiting the trauma operating bases. Please refer to the tenderdocuments for more details.

Object
Toepassingsgebied van de aanbesteding
Korte beschrijving:

To provide HEMS services as described in the tender documents and its associated appendices.

Four trauma centres in the Netherlands were given an instruction by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport to keep a Mobile Medical Team (MMT) ready 24 hours a day. The MMT is deployed in the event of serious accidents and incidents when called out by the ambulance services’ alarm centre. A HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) helicopter is available for the purpose, plus a road vehicle for when the weather is bad or other specific situations. The first trauma centre to have an MMT helicopter was the VU university medical center (1995), followed by the Erasmus MC (1997), UMC St Radboud (2001) and UMC Groningen (2001).

The HEMS helicopter has to take an MMT and the equipment it needs to the location of the incident as quickly as possible. In a number of cases (2-12 %, depending on the trauma region), the patient is currently transported from the incident location to a hospital by helicopter. Patients may be transported by helicopter when this is beneficial to the patient’s health and/or when transport by ambulance is less suitable. This is the case when a patient in a critical situation has to be transported over greater distances or when transport by ambulance is impossible due to terrain conditions.

The contract with the current provider will terminate at the end of 2011. Three of the four trauma centres – namely VUmc in Amsterdam, Erasmus MC in Rotterdam and UMC St Radboud in Nijmegen – have decided to issue a joint tender for the transport of an MMT and/or patients by helicopter. The principle here is that one provider or a combination of providers should be found, with a single party bearing the final responsibility for the three trauma centres.

Beschrijving van de opties:

5 years with the option of two times 2-year extension. Maximum contract period is 9 years.

Referentienummer: Same as 2011/S tendernumber (to be determined)

Juridische, economische, financiële en technische informatie
Voorwaarden voor deelname
Geschiktheid om de beroepsactiviteit uit te oefenen:

A candidate, (member of a) consortium or third party:

1. against which a sentence has been passed or conviction in a final or conclusive judgement or ruling under sections 140, 177, 177a, 178, 225, 226, 227, 227a, 227b or 323a, 328 part 3 paragraph 2, 416, 417, 417 part 2, 420 part 2, 420 part 3 or 4 of the Dutch Criminal Code;

2. that has been declared bankrupt or wound up, whose activities have been stopped, to which suspension of payments or similar agreement applies, or that is in a similar situation because of a similar procedure as defined in the legislation and regulations of a member state in the European Union to which it is subject;

3. whose bankruptcy or winding up has been requested or who is the subject of a procedure for a suspension of payments or similar agreement or procedure as defined in the legislation and regulations of a member state in the European Union to which it is subject;

4. that has been convicted irrevocably in a court of law in accordance with the legislation and regulations of a member state in the European Union to which it is subject, for committing a criminal offence that conflicts with its professional rules of conduct;

5. that has made a serious error in the execution of its professional work, as determined on any grounds that the tendering party can show to be reasonable;

6. that has failed to meet its obligations regarding payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal stipulations of either the Netherlands or the country in which it is registered;

7. that has failed to meet its obligations regarding payment of taxes in accordance with the legal stipulations of either the Netherlands or the country in which it is registered;

8. that has been guilty of serious false statements when providing information that could be required under Articles 45 to 53, or that has failed to provide such information;

Shall be excluded from participation in this government tender. If an offer was submitted in which any of the above-mentioned situations applies to a candidate, (member of a) consortium or third party, the entire offer will be put aside and not be eligible for assessment.

Please refer to tenderdocuments for further details.

Technische en professionele bekwaamheid:

Reference requirements:

The candidate must have 1 relevant reference. A relevant reference is a reference comparable to this tender in both nature and scale. This means that the reference should at least meet the following conditions:

Performance of flight operations in accordance with JAR OPS 3 HEMS, involving at least 200 flying hours annually per helicopter or per operating base.

Minimumeisen: Please refer to tender documents for further details.
Uitvoering van de opdracht
Rechtsvorm van de combinatie van ondernemers aan wie de opdracht wordt gegund:

Two or more candidates can jointly make an offer for the tender as a consortium, with all the candidates accepting joint and several liability. A consortium is considered as a single candidate. Every candidate taking part in a consortium must submit the information requested in this tender for the suitability assessment and must meet the requirements set (in accordance with their content in these tender documents). The tendering party wants the consortium to be set up as a joint venture (Dutch legal entity ‘Vennootschap onder Firma’), if the tendering party decides to enter into an agreement with the said consortium. One of the candidates has to be registered as the single point of responsibility.

Procedure
Looptijd van de raamovereenkomst in jaren: 9
Motivering voor een raamovereenkomst van meer dan vier jaar: Large scale investments.
Geldigheidsduur van de inschrijving: 180 dagen
Talen
Taal: Engels 🗣️
Nederlands 🗣️

Aanbestedende dienst
Identiteit
Naam aanbestedende dienst: Erasmus MC, VUMC and UMC St. Radboud
Contact
Contactpunt: J. (Jeroen) Veenendaal
Internetadres: www.erasmusmc.nl, www.vumc.nl, www.umcn.nl 🌏
Naam: Erasmus MC, VUMC and UMC St. Radboud
Postadres: Rochussenstraat 125, Kamer NH-324
Postcode: 3015 EJ
URL voor deelname: www.erasmusmc.nl 🌏

Referentie
Identificatoren
Door de aanbestedende dienst toegekend referentienummer: Same as 2011/S tendernumber (to be determined)
Aanvullende informatie

This public tender has been drawn up in English and Dutch. In case of any contradictions or ambiguities between the two versions, the Dutch version is leading in the intepretation of the document.

Information meetings for this tender are planned for 6.4. and 7.4.2011, along with the option of visiting the trauma operating bases. Please refer to the tenderdocuments for more details.

Aanvullende informatie
Beoordelingsorgaan
Naam: Arrondismentsrechtbank Rotterdam
Bron: OJS 2011/S 043-070860 (2011-02-28)

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