Published date: 10 November 2017

Last edited date: 10 November 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 27 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Dental practice and related services - 85130000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£184,600

Procurement reference

tender_155599/626026

Published date

10 November 2017

Closing date

27 November 2017

Contract start date

9 April 2018

Contract end date

8 April 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The OOHs service will form part of a wider, revised dental care pathway for the Midlands and East (East) area. There are three parts to the revised delivery model:

• call handling service (not subject of this service specification) - all patient call handling will be undertaken by NHS 111;

• telephone triage (subject of this service specification) - providing an element of clinical telephone assessment in response to patient need and direct patients in accordance to the outcome of each triage; and
• urgent dental treatment services (subject of this service specification) - providing same or next day urgent dental treatment; for the purposes of this procurement, the part of the model being commissioned is for all weekend and Bank Holiday provision, which will be provided by general dental service providers.

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About the buyer

Contact name

David Heason

Address

Cross O Cliff House
Bracebridge Heath
LN4 2HN
England

Email

David.Heason@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk