Published date: 26 June 2017

Last edited date: 26 June 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: 14 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Dental practice and related services - 85130000

Location of contract

BN7 1UE

Value of contract

£0 to £99,000

Procurement reference

ESCC - 014881

Published date

26 June 2017

Closing date

14 July 2017

Contract start date

1 September 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

East Sussex County Council is seeking to commission a service provider to deliver the fieldwork element of the Public Health England (PHE) Dental Public Health Epidemiology Programme (DPHEP) from 1st September 2017 for two years.

Local authorities are statutorily required to provide or secure oral health surveys to facilitate the assessment and monitoring of oral health needs; the planning and evaluation of oral health promotion programmes; the planning and evaluation of the arrangements for provision of dental services as part of the health service, and the monitoring and reporting of the effect of water fluoridation programmes.

The provider will carry out the 2017/18 and 2018/19 dental epidemiology survey for East Sussex County Council. This will require the provider to complete clinical examinations and / or questionnaires on an agreed population and to the agreed sample size in each of the Districts and boroughs of East Sussex, in settings (both of which to be determined by PHE DPHEP) within East Sussex County Council geographical area. The provider will liaise with the relevant settings and work with them to encourage participation in the surveys and in obtaining consent for individuals, parents and carers according to the national protocol (not yet published for 2017/18). This may involve the provider visiting the settings and communicating with relevant staff and this activity is inclusive within the value of the contract.

Further details of the requirement, together with the quotation documents and instructions, can be accessed by expressing an interest in this opportunity.

The deadline for quotation submission is 12:00 on Friday 14th July

More information

Links

Additional text

Organisations wishing to submit a quotation should register on the South East Shared Services web portal and express an interest in order to download the quotation document pack.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Phil Stone (ESCC)

Address

St Anne's Crescent
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1UE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01323464133

Email

phil.stone@eastsussex.gov.uk

Website

www.eastsussex.gov.uk