Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-27
Buyer: NHS England (Cheshire and Merseyside)
Country: UK
Region: Cheshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services
Estimated value: 2538000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-04-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) on behalf of NHS England (Cheshire and Merseyside) will be carrying out a procurement for Primary Care Oral Surgery services:
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includes the following electoral wards: Riverside, Princes Park, Greenbank, Church, Woolton, St Michael's, Mossley Hill, Cressington, Allerton and Hunts Cross and Speke-Garston) and south Knowsley (Halewood area).
(includes the following electoral wards: Warbreck, Fazakerley, Croxteth, County, Clubmoor, Norris Green, Kirkdale, Anfield and Everton) and north Knowsley area (Kirkby area).
(includes the following electoral wards: Central, Kensington and Fairfield, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft, West Derby, Yew Tree, Picton, Old Swan, Knotty Ash, Wavertree, Childwall and Belle Vale) and central Knowsley (Huyton, Roby, Prescot and Whiston area).
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England (Cheshire and Merseyside) (the Contracting Authority) who wish to commission Primary Care Oral Surgery Services in Cheshire and Merseyside.
The basic principles of the Open procurement route will be followed to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). The new Public Contracts Regulations 2015 are now in force however there is a delay in application of the Light Touch Regime (LTR) to the commissioning of health services for the purposes of the NHS. Regulation 120 provides that the LTR will only apply to the procurement (‘commissioning’) of health services for the purposes of the NHS from 18 April 2016. The current Part B regime and NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 will continue to apply to the commissioning of those services until that date.
— How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area.
— How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement.
The Invitation to Tender (ITT) and supporting documents are available for all services to download through In-Tend who are the managed service provider for the NECS e-tendering portal.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers.
It is free to register on the portal, and it can be accessed at any time of day. Should potential providers have any queries, or if potential providers are having problems registering on the portal, they should contact the In-Tend helpdesk by calling 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm) or email support@in-tend.co.uk


Award value: 2538000