Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-12-26
Buyer: NHS England (North) Yorkshire & the Humber
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 7514850 GBP

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support worked for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Yorkshire and the Humber (the Contracting Authority) and managed this procurement process.
This tender opportunity was for the provision of a Dental Clinical Assessment and Booking Service. The contract term will be for an initial period of 5 years commencing 1.4.2019 with an option to extend for a further 24 months, subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance and at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.
North of England Commissioning Support worked for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Yorkshire and the Humber (the Contracting Authority) and managed this procurement process.
This tender opportunity was for the provision of a Dental Clinical Assessment and Booking Service. The contract term will be for an initial period of 5 years commencing 1.4.2019 with an option to extend for a further 24 months, subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance and at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.
The basic principles of the open procedure were 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).
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) was awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
“This procurement was conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) as such there were no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, was conducted via the PROACTIS portal.
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 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
The basic principles of the Open Procedure were 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) may apply to a future procurement 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.
The Contracting Authority will act in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Part 3 of these regulations provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dis-satisfied bidder is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.


Winner: Local Care Direct
Award value: 7514850
Number of bids: 4