Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-02-07
Buyer: NHS England and NHS Improvement, South East (Wessex)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services | 85131000
Estimated value: 18498600 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-02-12

Technical requirements: Mandatory Dental Services (MDS) in Portsmouth, Alton and Tadley for NHS England and NHS Improvement, South East (Wessex)
NHS England and NHS Improvement, South East (Wessex) are seeking to commission mandatory dental services in the Alton, Tadley and Portsmouth area; using the standard clauses for a personal dental services agreement.
The contract term will be for 7 years with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the sole discretion of the Commissioner commencing on the 14.9.2020 with a longstop date of 25.1.2021, see ITT document for further details. There is a maximum budget of 1 849 860 GBP per annum for all lots including urgent access slots.
The procurement is split into 4 lots to provide maximum flexibility to both commissioner and bidders. Interested parties may bid for up to a maximum of 2 lots (Refer to the ITT document for further information).
This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
NHS England and NHS Improvement, South East (Wessex) will be contracting for the services using the standard clauses for a personal dental services agreement.
The contract term will be for 7 years with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the sole discretion of the Commissioner 7 years with the option to extend for 3 years (subject to satisfactory performance) commencing on the 14.9.2020 with a longstop date of 25.1.2021, see invitation to tender document for further details. The Commissioner has a maximum budget of 286 800 GBP per annum for the lot including urgent access slots.
The full scope of the service and all relevant documentation can be found on the eTendering system (SCW In-Tend system- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home).
Interested parties who wish to take part in the procurement are invited to take part in an invitation to tender (ITT) process, based on the open procedure and designed to identify the most economically advantageous tender and therefore determine the incoming provider.
This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
An early engagement market notice was published in relation to this procurement in November 2019, in order to facilitate early engagement with potential providers. Please note that this previous notice was an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right. Although those who responded to that notice will be advised that this contract notice has been published, there will be no process exemptions or preferential treatment afforded to any parties who expressed an interest at that stage.
The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘the Regulations’) which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the ‘Light Touch Regime’ contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
NHS England and NHS Improvement, South East (Wessex) will be contracting for the services using the standard clauses for a personal dental services agreement.
The contract term will be for 7 years with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the sole discretion of the Commissioner 7 years with the option to extend for 3 years (subject to satisfactory performance) commencing on the 14.9.2020 with a longstop date of 25.1.2021, see invitation to tender document for further details. The Commissioner has a maximum budget of 616 620 GBP per annum for the lot including urgent access slots.
The full scope of the service and all relevant documentation can be found on the eTendering system (SCW In-Tend system- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home).


Award value: 18498600