Published date: 17 June 2019
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
North West
Procurement reference
NHSE203
Published date
17 June 2019
Closing date
1 July 2019
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this Request for Information (RFI) and a future procurement process for the provision of Specialist Paediatric Dental Services and Adult Special Care Dental Services for and on behalf of NHS Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership The RFI documentation will be accessible from 14 June 2019 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 12.00 noon on 1st July 2019.
The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market to gather information, in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed Specialist Paediatric Dental Services and Adult Special Care Dental Services, and to alert the market to a future tender opportunity for the provision of Specialist Paediatric Dental Services and Adult Special Care Dental Services for NHS England Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership
It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in OJEU and on Contracts Finder.
It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (PROACTIS) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and return completed RFI documentation.
The PROACTIS e-Tendering portal can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS
(Please follow the registration instructions if you are not already registered) and look for the project NHSE203 Request for Information - Specialist Paediatric Dental Services and Adult Special Care Dental Services
Please note that it is free to register on PROACTIS, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.
Please note that this facility allows the provider to express an interest only in delivering this service, it is not a Pre-Qualification Process.
About the buyer
Contact name
Ian Blagg
Address
Teesdale House
Stockton-on-Tees
TS17 6BL
England
Telephone
01642745436
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