Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-09
Buyer: NHS England North (Cumbria and North East)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85130000: Dental practice services | 85131000 | 85131100
Submission deadline: 2018-09-12

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for, and on behalf of, NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) who wish to commission an NHS111 Unscheduled, Urgent and Emergency In-Hours Dental Care Services within North Cumbria and North East. The contract term will be 3 years with effect from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022, with the option to extend for 1 year at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for, and on behalf of, NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) who wish to commission an NHS 111 Unscheduled, Urgent and Emergency In-Hours Dental Care Services within South East Northumberland. The contract term will be 3 years with effect from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022, with the option to extend for 1 year at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for, and on behalf of, NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) who wish to commission an NHS 111 Unscheduled, Urgent and Emergency In-Hours Dental Care Services within Newcastle and North Tyneside. The contract term will be 3 years with effect from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022, with the option to extend for 1 year at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for, and on behalf of, NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) who wish to commission an NHS 111 Unscheduled, Urgent and Emergency In-Hours Dental Care Services within Hartlepool and Stockton. The contract term will be 3 years with effect from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022, with the option to extend for 1 year at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for, and on behalf of, NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) who wish to commission an NHS 111 Unscheduled, Urgent and Emergency In-Hours Dental Care Services within Durham City and Chester-Le-Street. The contract term will be 3 years with effect from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022, with the option to extend for 1 year at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for, and on behalf of, NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) who wish to commission an NHS 111 Unscheduled, Urgent and Emergency In-Hours Dental Care Services within Darlington. The contract term will be 3 years with effect from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022, with the option to extend for 1 year at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.
(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 (Proactis) 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 PROACTIS portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the PROACTIS e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm).
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 “Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006” as amended by the “Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014” (TUPE) does not apply to these contracts as this is a new service provision.