Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-04-26
Buyer: Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Country: UK
Region: Lincolnshire
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services

Technical requirements: Prior Information Notice — Forthcoming Procurements of a Dental electronic referral service for NHS England Central Midlands.
Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), acting on behalf of the NHS England — Central Midlands (hereby known as The Commissioners) invites expressions of interest from the dental electronic referral service (DERS) providers to manage the appropriate clinical demand and allocation for approximately 150 000 referrals based on the tiers of complexity and excluding those referrals where the General Dental Practitioner (GDP) suspects a malignancy for the area.
The aim of the procurement is to remove inequalities in service provision of specialist and intermediary dental services for patients residing across the Central Midlands locality. The service will achieve an improved referral mechanism for patients, referrers and providers. A clinically triaged DERS will help facilitate a care pathway for a patient to see the right clinician, at the right time, in the correct health setting.
NHS England-Central Midlands covers the following areas-Hertfordshire through to Lincolnshire, West Leicestershire through to East Leicestershire and Rutland (referred to as Central Midlands locality).
DERS provider will be expected to work closely with relevant clinical networks, commissioners and acute service providers to ensure appropriate, timely, effective and safe dental treatment to the population in the Central Midlands locality. Commissioners are seeking bids providing innovative service models and solutions, which will enhance and compliment the clinical pathways, whilst supporting the transition to a paperless NHS.
The Commissioner reserves the right to request expansion of this service in the future and acknowledges that any future expansion would be subject to negotiation; however, the successful DERS provider must be able to demonstrate that their systems and processes are capable of expansion, e.g. to manage referrals for additional specialities and over wider geography.
It is the commissioners' intention to conduct a market engagement event for further clarification and explanation of the procurement process and to establish what the market has to offer. Dates will be confirmed.
The procurement relating to this PIN notice will be advertised on Contracts Finder https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/ and administered/conducted via the AGCSU's e-Tendering portal Bravo solutions. Providers wishing to be considered for this opportunity must register with AGCSU's e-Tendering portal by visiting following web link: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
For more information please visit https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/82a09cf5-34a5-4959-8209-b1a19630378f
An expression of interest as a result of this PIN notice will not automatically entitle your involvement in any future procurement exercise. Any procurement conducted as a result of this notice will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published.