Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-19
Buyer: Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85130000: Dental practice services
Submission deadline: 2018-02-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England — Midlands & East (West Midlands) (referred to as the Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the Service of Dental Out of Hours Services for Coventry, Rugby and North Warwickshire under a 12 month agreement with the option to extend for up-to a further 12 months. The estimated annual agreement value per annum (excluding VAT) is GBP 80 000 and the estimated total value excluding VAT for a contract duration of 2 years is GBP 160 000.
The Service will provide a telephone triage service with limited face to face access for those patients who following an initial assessment need to be seen the same day by a dentist, either for further assessment or treatment, at the Premises.
The objectives of the Procurement are to commission a Service to serve the Coventry, Rugby and North Warwickshire CCG areas.
The key objectives of the Procurement are to commission Out of Hours Dental Care Services provision for Monday to Friday (18:30 to 22:30), Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays (8:00 to 20:00) for Coventry, Rugby and North Warwickshire.
— to deliver an Out of Hours Dental Care service providing assessment and treatment for patients with a variety of non-life-threatening dental conditions to the population of Coventry, Rugby and North Warwickshire,
— to deliver face to face sessions for assessment and treatment sufficient to meet the identified needs of patients who cannot be diverted into next day services,
— to divert patients, who are triaged by the provider but who do not require same day face to face treatment, into suitable in hours services and give advice and guidance about pain relief where necessary,
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 require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
Parent company or other guarantee bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
Arden & GEM CSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”). Although this procurement has a total value under the OJEU threshold, Arden & GEM CSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”) as best practice.
The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. Suppliers instructions: How to Express Interest in this Tender.
— browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register,
— click the “PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers” link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier),
— this will move the PQQ/ITT into your “My PQQs/My ITTs” page (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— click “My Response” under “PQQ/ITT Details”, you can choose to “Create Response” or to “Decline to respond” (please give a reason if declining),

Eligibility requirements: 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 require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.