Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-10-09
Buyer: NHS England and NHS Improvement North West
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West — Lancashire and South Cumbria who wish to commission comprehensive Unscheduled Urgent and Emergency Dental Services.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing the procurement process for and behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West who wish to commission a comprehensive unscheduled urgent and emergency dental services to the residents, visiting and transient population of Morcambe.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing the procurement process for and behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West who wish to commission a comprehensive unscheduled urgent and emergency dental services to the residents, visiting and transient population of Blackpool.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing the procurement process for and behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West who wish to commission a comprehensive unscheduled urgent and emergency dental services to the residents, visiting and transient population of Preston.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing the procurement process for and behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West who wish to commission a comprehensive unscheduled urgent and emergency dental services to the residents, visiting and transient population of Blackburn.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing the procurement process for and behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West who wish to commission a comprehensive unscheduled urgent and emergency dental services to the residents, visiting and transient population of Accrington.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing the procurement process for and behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West who wish to commission a comprehensive unscheduled urgent and emergency dental services to the residents, visiting and transient population of Burnley.
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.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West Lancashire and South Cumbria who wish to commission comprehensive Unscheduled Urgent and Emergency Dental Services.
The basic principles that mirror that of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with the Light Touch Regime within The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013.
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it 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.
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (In-tend) as such there will be no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the In-tend portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the In-tend e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu and follow the registration instructions.