Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-10-09
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

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).
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 phone 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.).
Please note: tender documentation will be available via In-tend from 18 October 2019 and the closing date for receipt of tenders is 12.00 noon on 13 December 2019. NHS England and NHS Improvement North West are administrating this procurement opportunity on In-Tend and want interested suppliers to record an interest in this notice on In-Tend to obtain further information. Interest recorded in myTenders to obtain further information for this notice will not be considered.
The Commissioner will act in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Part 3 Chapter 6 Regulation 88 to 104 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015). Part 3 of the PCR 2015 provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.