NHSE940 West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire Health and Justice Team

Concepts

• health services
• leeds
• nhse940 west yorkshire prisons
• nhs england north east
• west yorkshire prisons
• west yorkshire
• yorkshire health
• nhs england
• personal dental services agreement
• dental service

Location

Yorkshire and the Humber:

Description

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 11 December 2024 (8 days following publication of intention to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.' North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire - Health and Justice Team (the Relevant Authority), who have undertaken a competition to commission NHSE940 West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service under a Personal Dental Services Agreement - July 2018.

Total Quantity or Scope

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 11 December 2024 (8 days following publication of intention to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.' North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire - Health and Justice Team (the Relevant Authority), who have undertaken a competition to commission NHSE940 West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service under a Personal Dental Services Agreement - July 2018. The West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service is covering West Yorkshire secure settings of HMP Leeds, HMP Wealstun and HMP Wakefield. The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 April 2025 with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance. The closing date for submissions was 12 noon 18 October 2024. Additional information: Firstly, the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract. However, Providers are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. Secondly, previous publication concerning this procedure publication reference 2024/S 000-029785 NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this competition and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including response submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035 The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00 pm Competition documentation were available on the e-tendering site from 18 September 2024 All bids were fully evaluated against a quality and cost criteria, the highest scoring bidder will have a further due diligence evaluation undertaken of the self-certification statements.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 April 2025 with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** … The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the working day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 11 December 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Any representations should be sent via the messaging section on the atamis portal for this project (NHSE940 West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service , Contract Ref - C304718) and to necsu.psrprocurement@nhs.net NHS England - North East and Yorkshire(the Relevant Authority) Health and Justice - Local Governance Group (LGG) and Regional Leadership Group (RLG) were the award decision-makers. Conflicts of interest were managed throughout the process. Providers were asked to demonstrate and evidence, by responding to specific questions, how their proposed service delivery model will ensure that the relevant key criteria will be delivered for service users. the responses to specific questions will provide evidence under the relevant Key Criteria.