Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-05-12
Buyer: Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services

Technical requirements: Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS England (North Midlands) is looking to tender Community Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (excluding Bassetlaw for all Services except epidemiology). It is anticipated that the contracts shall run from 1.4.2019 for duration of 4 years and 11 months under a PDS contract.
NHS England (North Midlands) is inviting suitably qualified Providers to a market engagement event taking place on 23.5.2018 at 2:00 pm in Mansfield (venue to be confirmed). A draft Service Specification has been attached as part of this PIN for potential Providers to consider and provide their comments, the deadline for comments and registering for the event is 18.5.2018.
The services are expected to provide patient centred clinical services in a primary care setting for patients who are unable to access and obtain routine dental care in a general dental practice setting because of some impairment, disability and/or complex medical condition.
The aim of the Community Dental Services will be to improve the oral health and reduce the oral health inequalities of people in Derbyshire who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, psychological and/or emotional or social impairment or disability or more often a combination of these through:
— Providing high quality consultant-led paediatric and special care dentistry to children and adults. This will include children with more complex dental needs,
— Providing high quality dental care to people from vulnerable groups whose needs may not be accommodated in NHS general dental services.
— Deliver the fieldwork for Public Health England’s Dental Public Health Epidemiology Programme where commissioned for local authorities.
The services are expected to provide patient centred clinical services in a primary care setting for patients who are unable to access and obtain routine dental care in a general dental practice setting because of some impairment, disability and/or complex medical condition.
The aim of the Community Dental Services will be to improve the oral health and reduce the oral health inequalities of people in Nottinghamshire (excluding Bassetlaw for all services except epidemiology) who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, psychological and/or emotional or social impairment or disability or more often a combination of these through:
— Providing high quality consultant-led paediatric and special care dentistry to children and adults. This will include children with more complex dental needs,
— Providing high quality dental care to people from vulnerable groups whose needs may not be accommodated in NHS general dental services.
— Deliver the fieldwork for Public Health England’s Dental Public Health Epidemiology Programme where commissioned for local authorities.
If your organisation is interested in providing these Services as set out above and attending the Market Engagement event scheduled to take place on 23.5.2018 in Mansfield at 2:00 pm (venue to be confirmed) please see the following instructions below to confirm a place.
Bidders should state in your response to Question ME01 and ME02 if you would like to request a place at the market engagement event.
Bidders should submit their expression of interest to attend the market engagement event by no later than 10:00 am on 18.5.2018. Once you have registered your interest we will publish further details regarding the event closer to the time. Please note we are only able to accept up-to 2 attendees per organisation.