Health and social work services

Tender description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and has managed the procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Cumbria and North East (the Contracting Authority). The Contracting Authority has procured comprehensive routine general dental services in Rothbury and Hadston/Amble, commencing on 1.12.2019 for an initial contract period of 7 years with the option to extend the contract period for a further 3 years. The Contracting Authority set a minimum payment of 28.00 GBP to a maximum payment of 32.00 GBP per Unit of Dental Activity (UDA). Based upon the minimum/maximum payments per UDA for the 10 year contract (7 years plus 3 years) would have been approximately 3 752 000 GBP to 4 288 000 GBP. The Contracting Authority has procured a comprehensive routine general dental service in Rothbury and Hadston/Amble, commencing on 1.12.2019 for an initial contract period of 7 years with the option to extend the contract period for a further 3 years. The Contracting Authority set a minimum payment of 28.00 GBP to a maximum payment of 32.00 GBP per Unit of Dental Activity (UDA). Based upon the tender outcome the contract value for the 10 year contract (7 years plus 3 years) is 4 288 000 GBP. The subject matter of the contract was scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to ‘economic, social, and environmental well-being’. The basic principles of the open procedure was followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The light-touch rules regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts). This procurement was conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) and as such there was no hardcopy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, was conducted via the Proactis portal. Tender documentation was available via Proactis from 12:00 noon on 1.2.2019 and the closing time and date for receipt of tenders was 12:00 noon on 4.3.2019.