Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-07
Buyer: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services | 85131000
Estimated value: 1931505 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-03-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England Midlands and East (East) (the Commissioner), is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for dental out-of-hours services for Great Yarmouth, Waveney, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in a safe and effective manner.
Provision of dental out-of-hours service for: Lot 1: Central Norfolk covering North Norfolk, South Norfolk, Breckland, Broadland and Norwich.
The key objective of the procurement is to provide treatment for urgent dental problems which occur on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays for Lot 1: Central Norfolk, covering North Norfolk, South Norfolk, Breckland, Broadland and Norwich.
The key objective of the procurement is to provide treatment for urgent dental problems which occur on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays for Lot 2: West Norfolk and Kings Lynn.
The key objective of the procurement is to provide treatment for urgent dental problems which occur on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays for Lot 3: Great Yarmouth and Waveney.
The key objective of the procurement is to provide treatment for urgent dental problems which occur on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays for Lot 4: Cambridgeshire 1 covering Fenland East Cambridgeshire.
The key objective of the procurement is to provide treatment for urgent dental problems which occur on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays for Lot 5: Cambridgeshire 2 covering Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
Provision of dental out-of-hours service, the key objective of the procurement is to provide treatment for urgent dental problems which occur on Saturdays and Sundays and public holidays for: Lot 6: Peterborough.
The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. The services described within this notice relate to the Light Touch Regime in the Public Procurement Regulations 2015. Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations. Please see published documentation for further details.
Financial standing requirements for the procurement are outlined within Document 1 — ITT Process Overview, Section 9.4 Financial Standing.
Parent company or other guarantee bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
The commissioners are encouraging Bidders to bid as: a partnership/subcontracting arrangement or a consortium.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Procurement Portal in this procurement exercise. httpshttps://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu

Eligibility requirements: All professional and/or trade registrations is specified within the tender documentation. The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. The services described within this notice relate to the Light Touch Regime in the Public Procurement Regulations 2015. Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations. Please see published documentation for further details.

Award value: 1931505