NHSE839 General Dental Access & Urgent Dental Care - North East and North Cumbria

A Tender Notice
by NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA ICB

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Services)
Duration: 10 year
Value: £8M

Sector: HEALTH
Published: 08 Mar 2024
Delivery: To 27 Jul 2034 (est.)
Deadline: 08 Apr 2024 12:00

Concepts

Location

Sunderland

Geochart for 3 buyers and 0 suppliers

3 buyers

NHS North East & North Cumbria Icb Sunderland
Necs Durham

Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services across the North East and North Cumbria.

Lot Division

1	Durham Central North Value: £500K North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.
2	Durham Central South Value: £500K North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.
3	Sunderland North Value: £648K North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.
4	Sunderland South Value: £648K North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.
5	Darlington Value: £518K North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.
6	• Lot 6 - Berwick Town North Value: £500K North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024
7	Berwick Town South Value: £500K North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.
8	Carlisle Value: £1M North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.
9	Workington Value: £740K North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.
10	Copeland Value: £1M North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.
11	Cockermouth Value: £935K North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots • Lot 1 - Durham Central North • Lot 2 - Durham Central South • Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care) • Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care) • Lot 5 - Darlington • Lot 6 - Berwick Town North • Lot 7 - Berwick Town South • Lot 8 - Carlisle • Lot 9 - Workington • Lot 10 - Copeland • Lot 11 - Cockermouth The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 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 submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.

Renewal Options

The contract is for 7 years, with effect from 01 January 2025, with the option to extend for a further 3 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Relevant Authority.

CPV Codes

85130000 - Dental practice and related services

Indicators

Bids should cover one or more lots.
Bids should cover the whole contract.
Renewals are available.
Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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. All bids will be fully evaluated against a quality and cost criteria, the highest scoring bidder will be have a further due diligence evaluation undertaken of the self certification statements. 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) does not 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. 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 will be available on the e-tendering site from 08 March 2024.

Reference

FTS 007552-2024