Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-28
Buyer: Arden & Greater East Midlands CSU on behalf of NHS England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48814000: Medical information systems
Submission deadline: 2017-08-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England Midlands and East (Central Midlands) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver a Dental Referral Management Service for the Central Midlands region which include the Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Luton, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes areas. To access the documentation and submit your response please register your organisation on the Bravo website: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk The ITT reference is itt_734 and responses should be made by 12:00 noon on 9.8.2017.
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Luton, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes areas.
The Commissioner is looking for a provider to deliver a Dental Electronic Referral Service to provide an outward-facing service with a central hub to receive and process referrals. Providers will be required to work with locally identified clinical triagers (contracted by the RMS provider and approved by the Commissioner) and to process dental referrals for all dental specialties, ensuring referrals are received by the most appropriate clinical service providers across Midlands and East (Central) Region. The Commissioner has chosen not to include the estimated value of the Contract for the purposes of this procurement. As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement will be established with the successful Bidder(s) for a period of 2 years, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years i.e. 1+1. The Commissioner reserves the right to request expansion of this service in the future to include clinical triage for secondary care paediatrics or digitisation or Primary Care Orthodontics.
This contract is for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years (i.e. 2+1+1). After this, it is intended that a new procurement process will be carried out towards the end of this contract.
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.
Parent company or other guarantee bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Procurement Portal ‘Arden and GEM CSU Procurement Portal’ in this procurement exercise. To access (please see web link below): https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html How to Apply: To
From the Home Page, click the ‘Click Here to Register’ link — Accept the terms and conditions for using the portal — Complete your organisation and personal details — Choose a memorable username and submit. You will shortly be sent an email with your unique password, please treat this securely (if you lose it there is a ‘Forgot my Password’ link on the portal homepage) To Access the portal: — Login with your unique username and password — From the suppliers reserved area click ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers’ –this is a repository of all ITT's open to any registered supplier. — Browse the ITTs (there may be more than one page) and select itt_734 ‘ Dental Referral Management Service — Central Midlands by clicking on it — Note the Details buttons on the left for Navigation and the Actions below — Click the “Express Interest” action –this will move the ITT from the ITTs Open to All Suppliers area to your ’My ITTs' area –this is a reserved area for ITTs that you have either been invited to or expressed interest in.

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 to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.