Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-18
Buyer: NHS England and NHS Improvement North West Lancashire and South Cumbria
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services
Estimated value: 71800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-12-13

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West Lancashire and South Cumbria who wish to commission a comprehensive special care dental service (children and adults).
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS improvement North West to commission a comprehensive special care dental service (children and adults).
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS improvement North West Lancashire and South Cumbria to commission a comprehensive special care dental service (children and adults).
(a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and
(b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the contracting authority relating to ‘economic, social, and environmental well-being’. The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with the light-touch rules regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts).
Public contracts for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West who wish to commission a comprehensive special care dental service for children and adults.
The basic principles that mirror that of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with the light touch regime within The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013.
(a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions; and
(b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the contracting authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (In-tend) as such there will be no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the In-tend portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the In-tend e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu and follow the registration instructions.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by Email: support@in-tend.com or by Tel. 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.).


Award value: 71800000