Emergency Contract - Interim Urgent Dental Access Centre (UDAC)

Concepts

• newcastle upon tyne
• community health
• new general access contracts
• new general dental access contracts.[brief description
• integrated urgent dental access centre provision
• nhs dentistry general dental access
• dental patient safety
• dental patients
• a new general dental access contract
• urgent care clinical needs

Location

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Description

The short term 'interim' service under emergency contracting arrangements will be located at: Firthmoor Community Centre, Burnside, Darlington This is a short term 'interim' emergency contract to secure integrated urgent dental access centre provision to better support dental patients with urgent care clinical needs and to mitigate increasing and immediate patient safety risks whilst new general access contracts are openly procured in parallel during 2024-25 across Darlington & Tees Valley. Primarily this short term service is being established with the aim of reducing the immediate and increasing dental patient safety and harm risks that are occuring whilst NHS Dentistry general dental access continues to recover within the local area and formal procurement of a new general dental access contract for Darlington that is being undertaken in parallel during 2024-25 is successfully completed. The Darlington long term contract opportunity can be accessed via Contracts Finder: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007552-2024?

Total Quantity or Scope

Emergency Contract - Interim Urgent Dental Access Centre (UDAC) This is a short term 'interim' emergency contract to secure integrated urgent dental access centre provision to better support dental patients with urgent care clinical needs across Darlington & Tees Valley. … The long term contract opportunity can be accessed via Contracts Finder: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007552-2024? The value of the contract awarded under emergency conditions is £654,000 Year 1 with a further year allowable by exception where patient safety risks remain unaddressed through completion of the parrallel procurement during 2024-25 of new general dental access contracts.[brief description of the services to be provided] The relevant authority intends to award this contract under the urgent circumstances provision under 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 lifetime value of the contract is £654,000. Contract Start Date: 11 March 2024 Contract End Date: 10 March 2026.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85323000 - Community health services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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.

Other Information

This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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. Regulation 14 has been applied because delaying the award of the contract would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety. The award is being made by the North East & North Cumbria, Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB), Executive Group as the responsible local commissioner for NHS Dentistry with the responsible lead Executive Director. There are no noted conflicts of interest identified.