Public procurement notice: Dynamic Purchasing System
Published: 2018-05-08
Buyer: NHS England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services
Estimated value: 335287745.1 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS England London Region ("The Authority") is seeking to identify suitable providers for the delivery Orthodontic services (the Services) to be delivered through a Personal Dental Services (PDS) agreement across London.
— maintaining consistency in approach for commissioning dental services to provide stability and security of service provision.
These service contracts are split into 40 Lots. This procurement will use a process based on Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). This Procurement is governed by the “Light Touch Regime” (LTR) regulations. None of the references to “Dynamic Purchasing System”, “DPS”, or any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to LTR provisions.
The contracting authority reserves the right to change the Lot boundary in order to provide sufficient coverage across all areas in London.
The published financial envelope for this service has been calculated on the basis of estimated activity levels. For the avoidance of doubt, while sufficient effort has been made to accurately estimate the activity levels and contract values, these are not guaranteed. Bidders should review the tender documents for more information.
The number of UOAs per lot has been decided through a calculation which starts with the Orthodontic Needs Assessment (2017), which is then proportionally reduced to fit within the existing available financial envelope and which takes into account the level of GDS Orthodontic activity which is not affected by the procurement.
It has been proposed the national price range should be from 54,89 GBP to 58,89 GBP (2 GBP below and 2 GBP above the benchmark price).The benchmark price of 56,89 GBP is a reasonable national benchmark price.
It is well established that the cost of living, wages and operating within London is significantly higher than the national average. NHS England London considers increasing the benchmark price by a 6,5 % increase with a range 2 GBP above and below the benchmark.
Contract holders will be paid in line with the Personal Dental Services Statement of Financial Entitlements.
This Tender process is being managed by NEL Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of The Authority in connection with a competitive procurement exercise that is being conducted in accordance with a process based on the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations" (as amended)). The services to which this Procurement relates fall within the "Light Touch Regime" (LTR) governing procurement of Health, Social, Education and Other service contracts. Neither the reference to "Dynamic Purchasing System”, “DPS”, "ITT", "PQQ / SQ", the use of the term "Tender process", nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to LTR provisions.
This procurement is being conducted using a modified version of DPS; hereafter referred to as "DPS Lite” or “DPSL”. The bidders would be required to get accredited in stage one in order to be able to tender for contracts in stage 2. The first stage will set up the DPSL and accredit bidders. In the second stage (ITT) the accredited bidders will be invited to tender for individual contracts.
The DPS will remain open and valid from the start date to a period of 2 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Authority. At any time during this period the bidders can request to get accredited. However, in order to be considered for the initial invitation to tender for the PDS contracts starting in 2019, the bidders must complete and submit the first round of SQ by its published deadline.
The Contracts awarded as a result of this procurement will be for seven (7) years followed by an optional three (3) years’ extension period. Therefore the maximum contract duration, if extended, will be ten (10) years.
The contracting authority reserves the right to change the Lot boundary in order to provide sufficient coverage across all areas in London.


Award value: 335287745.1