Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-10
Buyer: Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissing Support Unit
Country: UK
Region: Hertfordshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services
Submission deadline: 2017-03-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England Midlands and East (Central Midlands) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Unscheduled Dental Care Services in Hertfordshire. This Procurement consists of 2 geographically based lots: To access the documentation and submit your response please register your organisation on the Bravo website:
https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk The ITT reference is itt_654 and responses should be made by 12 noon on Thursday 2.3.2017. Please note the deadline to express an interest and request documents is 28.2.2017 at 12:00 noon.
The Commissioners are looking for provider(s) to deliver an Unscheduled Dental Care service providing assessment and treatment for residents and visitors between 18:00 and 20:00 on weekdays and between 12:00 and 20:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays. These appointments will be pre-bookable appointments made by the NHS 111 triage service. The service has been split into Lots to cover the East and North Hertfordshire and Herts Valleys CCG Boundary areas. As a result of this procurement exercise agreements will be established with the successful Bidder(s) for a period of 5 years. The contracts for this service will each be a Personal Dental Services (PDS) Agreement, with a Service commencement date of 29.6.2017.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
Parent company or other guarantee bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
Arden and GEM CSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”). The Service is being procured under “Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services”. The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise.
— Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register.
— Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier).
— This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only).
— Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining).
— There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering help-desk.