Market Briefings: Mandatory Dental Services (MDS) on the Isle of Wight, Bognor and Littlehampton

Description

This notice is placed in order to facilitate early engagement with potential providers, and relates only to two pre-procurement market briefings. NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight (HIOW) Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS Sussex ICB are seeking to commission Mandatory Dental Services (MDS) on the Isle of Wight, in Bognor and Littlehampton and will be undertaking a procurement process to award new contracts for service commencement from January 2026. Prospective bidders are warmly invited to two pre-procurement market briefing events held virtually through Microsoft Teams on the following dates: For MDS services in Bognor and Littlehampton 6pm - 8pm Tuesday 29th July 2025 by MS Teams For MDS services on the Isle of Wight: 5pm - 7pm Thursday 31st July 2025 by MS Teams The events have been arranged to take place to avoid any clash with clinical sessions and will be hosted online. The procurement(s) are anticipated to commence from early August 2025, inviting tenders to deliver services for specific lotted areas, with phased contract commencement anticipated in the period from January to July 2026. The procurement is anticipated to be split into a number of Lots as follows:- Lot 6B1-1: Isle of Wight Lot 6B1-2: Bognor Lot 6B1-3: Littlehampton A maximum of one contract will be awardable in each Lot, except in the case of Lot 6B1-1, where a maximum of 2 contracts will be awardable. The commissioners anticipate contracting for services under PDS agreements for a period of up to 10 years. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner. To allow potential providers to reflect on the proposed services, the Commissioner has provided early indicative information as part of this notice. This includes indicative draft versions of proposed service specifications, pricing strategy, lot data and evaluation criteria. At the briefing, we will share further detail of the commissioner's objectives. We will also provide details of the e-Procurement system (being used to procure these services) and how the procurement and selection process will operate. To access the information suite and express an interest, interested providers should register on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and express interest via the 'Live Opportunities' list. Please note that you will need to be registered on Atamis and select the option to 'register an interest' under the project Market Briefings: Mandatory Dental Services (MDS) on the Isle of Wight and Arun, followed by completing and submitting the Market Briefing Event Registration form. In order to attend the Market Briefing Event, please ensure that you submit the registration form via Atamis by no later than 12 Noon on Monday 28th July 2025, including your contact details as requested. Details on how to access the briefing will be provided to all responses received prior to this closing date. The briefing event is open to all providers who may want to deliver NHS mandatory dental services in the future. In order to establish fair representation, availability for each event is limited to a maximum of two individuals per organisation. Providers are reminded that the information documents provided in Atamis are indicative draft versions only and subject to change. Providers should not rely upon these documents when submitting any future bids, instead referring to the tender documentation released with the relevant tender opportunity. Lot 6B1-1: Isle of Wight A maximum of 2 contracts will be awardable in this Lot, each for total UDA activity of 21,000 UDAs. The anticipated UDA rate is £36.73, in line with the MDS Procurement Pricing Strategy - March 2025 red category. These rates include the DDRB uplift for 2024/25 and will also be subject to any further DDRB uplifts when announced. Providers are reminded that all information regarding Lots is indicative only and subject to change. Providers should not rely upon these Lot descriptions when submitting any future bids, instead referring to the tender documentation released with the relevant tender opportunity. Lot 6B1-2: Bognor A maximum of 1 contract will be awardable in this Lot, for total UDA activity of 21,000 UDAs. The anticipated UDA rate is £35.01, in line with the MDS Procurement Pricing Strategy - March 2025 amber category. These rates include the DDRB uplift for 2024/25 and will also be subject to any further DDRB uplifts when announced. Providers are reminded that all information regarding Lots is indicative only and subject to change. Providers should not rely upon these Lot descriptions when submitting any future bids, instead referring to the tender documentation released with the relevant tender opportunity. Lot 6B1-3: Littlehampton A maximum of 1 contract will be awardable in this Lot, for total UDA activity of 21,000 UDAs. The anticipated UDA rate is £35.01, in line with the MDS Procurement Pricing Strategy - March 2025 amber category. These rates include the DDRB uplift for 2024/25 and will also be subject to any further DDRB uplifts when announced. Providers are reminded that all information regarding Lots is indicative only and subject to change. Providers should not rely upon these Lot descriptions when submitting any future bids, instead referring to the tender documentation released with the relevant tender opportunity.