Published date: 8 August 2018

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: 12 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£2,400,000

Procurement reference

NHSE131

Published date

8 August 2018

Closing date

12 September 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) working for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Cumbria and the North East wish to commission an Unscheduled Dental Clinical Assessment Service.
The contract is for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 12 month period.

The procurement will be available to view on the Proactis portal on the 8 August 2018.

The basic principles of the open procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of Bidders. The Service to which this ITT refers falls within Regulation 74 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) ("the Regulations") and is listed within Schedule 3 which means that it is not subject to the full scope of the Regulations, but a lighter touch approach, referred to as the "Light Touch Regime".

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Contracting Authorities must consider:

(a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and

(b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement

Additional information

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. There will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal:

https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by Proactis.

It is free to register on the portal but if you have any problems registering on the portal, you should contact PROACTIS by Email:Suppliersupport@proactis.com Website:
http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 17:00).


About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Robertson

Address

JOHN SNOW HOUSE
DURHAM
DH13YG
England

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net