Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-03-08
Buyer: NHS England North (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Country: UK
Region: West Yorkshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85130000: Dental practice services

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service and is managing this process for and on behalf of NHS England North (Yorkshire and the Humber)‘The Contracting Authority’.
NHS England — North (Yorkshire and the Humber) is seeking to procure high quality Community Dental Services provided through 5 lots.
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS — England (Yorkshire and the Humber) who wish to commission Community Dental Services.
NHS England — North (Yorkshire and the Humber) is seeking to procure high quality Community Dental Services in Calderdale, Kirklees, Bradford and Craven.
The aim of the CDS will be to improve the oral health and reduce the oral health inequalities of people in Yorkshire and The Humber and Bassetlaw who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, psychological and/or emotional or social impairment or disability or more often a combination of these through:
— Providing high quality consultant-led paediatric and special care dentistry to children and adults. This will include children with more complex dental needs.
— Providing high quality dental care to people from vulnerable groups whose needs may not be accommodated in NHS general dental services
— Through a period of transition over three years, transfer patients with lower levels of complexity assessed using the case mix tool into NHS general dental services so their care can be managed by primary care dental teams.
The Community Dental Services will work closely the relevant clinical networks, commissioners and primary and secondary providers to ensure appropriate timely, effective and safe Community Dental Service for the treatment of the eligible local population. Work via the clinical networks to take part in the development of the Referral Management System.
The basic principles that mirror that of the Open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it 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.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering system to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your tender submission, will be conducted via the portal www.proactisplaza.com/supplierportal/?CID=NECS hosted by Proactis, the managed service provider for the NECS electronic tendering system.
To express an interest in tendering for this service, please register on the electronic tendering portal, which can be found at www.proactisplaza.com/supplierportal/?CID=NECS