Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-07-01
Buyer: NHS England and NHS Improvement North Lancashire and South Cumbria
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services
Submission deadline: 2019-07-29

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for, and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North – Lancashire and South Cumbria, who wish to commission general dental services under a personal dental services agreement, within the locality of Blackpool and Lytham.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North Lancashire and South Cumbria, who wish to commission general dental services under a personal dental services agreement, within the locality of Blackpool.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for,and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North Lancashire and South Cumbria, who wish to commission general dental services under a personal dental services agreement, within the locality of Lytham.
(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.
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/aspx/Home and follow the registration instructions.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: support@in-tend.com or by phone 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
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.