Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-02-21
Buyer: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services

Technical requirements: NHS England is holding a market place event for the provision of integrated dental services in the Central Midlands.
The NHS Five Year Forward View sets out new ways of working so that the NHS does more to prevent ill health and use its finite resources in the most effective way. It cites examples of multi-speciality working within community settings. We have given consideration to the principles of the Five Year Forward View and its approach to ensure that health services are affordable and sustainable for the future. This is particularly important for the specialist services which could, if not commissioned properly, effect a substantial burden on secondary care.
— a seamless provision of specialist care by providers working collaboratively to develop working partnerships, identify areas of unmet need, opportunities for service development and facilitate integrated working,
— the provision of high quality Tier 2 Oral Surgery and services in line with the National Guide for Commissioning Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine 2015,
— dental care and treatment for patients who meet the Indication Of Sedation Need acceptance criteria for sedation,
Needs assessments have been undertaken to identify existing need and projected future health needs of the population within these three areas of specialist provision.
The procurement will work in conjunction with the local Accreditation of Performers of Level 2 Complexity care or treatment for Oral Surgery and Endodontics.
If you would like to attend the market engagement event then please complete the expression of interest and the market engagement questionnaire on the Arden and GEM CSU procurement Portal by 10:00 a.m. on 26.3.2019 on the following link:
The Quote/tender reference is 34629 — Expressions of interest for provision of dental services in NHS England — Central Midlands.
Places are strictly limited therefore reservations are restricted to no more than 2 persons per organisation.
A single PDS contract encompassing Oral Surgery and Sedation in approximately 12 lots across Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. In addition a single PDS contract piloting restorative services in 5 lots and co-located with Sedation/OS services to offer a fully integrated service in each STP for the period of the OS/Sedation contracts. The contract value and contract periods over the contract period will be confirmed at the Market Engagement Event.
AGCSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”).
It is anticipated that the ITT will be published around end of May 2019 through the Arden and GEM Procurement Portal https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu
This is purely a market engagement exercise, any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.
The responses received during the market analysis exercise will not be taken into account in any future evaluation process as part of the formal procurement process. Please note the deadline for responses is by 10:00 a.m. on 26.3.2019.