Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-01-31
Buyer: NHS England North (Cumbria and the North East)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85130000: Dental practice services | 85131000
Estimated value: 4288000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-03-04

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Cumbria and North East (the Contracting Authority). The Contracting Authority is procuring comprehensive routine general dental services in Rothbury and Hadston/Amble, commencing on 1.12.2019 for an initial contract period of 7 years with the option to extend the contract period for a further 3 years.
The Contracting Authority has set a minimum payment of 28,00 GBP to a maximum payment of 32,00 GBP per Unit of Dental Activity (UDA). Based upon the minimum/maximum payments per UDA for the 10 year contract (7 years plus 3 years) would be approximately 3 752 000 GBP to 4 288 000 GBP.
The Contracting Authority is procuring comprehensive routine general dental services in Rothbury and Hadston/Amble, commencing on 1.12.2019 for an initial contract period of 7 years with the option to extend the contract period for a further 3 years.
The Contracting Authority has set a minimum payment of 28,00 GBP to a maximum payment of 32,00 GBP per Unit of Dental Activity (UDA). Based upon the minimum/maximum payments per UDA for the 10 year contract (7 years plus 3 years) would be approximately 3 752 000 GBP to 4 288 000 GBP.
(a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and
(b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, they 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”.
The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts).
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (PROACTIS) as such there will be no hardcopy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the PROACTIS portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the PROACTIS e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by Email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
Please note: Tender documentation will be available via PROACTIS from 12:00 noon on 1.2.2019 and the closing time and date for receipt of tenders is 12:00 noon on 4.3.2019.
The Contracting Authority and NECS reserve the right to cancel the tender process at any point and will not be held liable for any costs resulting from any cancellation of the tender process or for any other costs incurred by those tendering for the contract.
Public contracts for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with the Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts).


Award value: 4288000