Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-10-25
Buyer: Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85130000: Dental practice services | 85131000

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (the Contracting Authority).
This tender opportunity is for the provision of specialist primary care dental service – advanced mandatory and sedation (restorative) across Greater Manchester.
Oral surgery is the speciality which predominantly deals with removal of teeth and surgery to their supporting structures within the jaws. The requirement for NHS England to commission oral surgery services is based on the guidance provided by the latest commissioning guide from NHS England.
Estimation of the need for oral surgical services is complex. Need in the population for oral surgery services is currently based upon the proportion of the population that present for operative treatment in this area. Service activity data is currently the most common measure.
Annual unit of dental activity for this procurement is 4 416 with an annual contract value of 238 528 GBP and a total 5 year contract value of 1 192 640 GBP.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the new fair deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
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 NECS e-Tendering system (In-Tend) accordingly there will be no hard copy documents issued
To bidders and all communications between bidders and the commissioner including tender submissions, will be conducted via the
It is important to note that you can register for this procurement via the In-Tend portal only and no other portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, and (if you have not already done so) please register on the In-Tend e-Tendering portal, which can be found at:
Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet
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.