Published date: 8 March 2024

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: 8 April 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Dental practice and related services - 85130000

Location of contract

North East, North West

Value of contract

£8,000,000

Procurement reference

NHSE839.

Published date

8 March 2024

Closing date

8 April 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 January 2025

Contract end date

31 January 2034

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 20

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission General Dental Access service and Urgent Dental Care services. These will be broken down into the following lots

• Lot 1 - Durham Central North
• Lot 2 - Durham Central South
• Lot 3 - Sunderland North (no urgent care)
• Lot 4 - Sunderland South ( no urgent care)
• Lot 5 - Darlington
• Lot 6 - Berwick Town North
• Lot 7 - Berwick Town South
• Lot 8 - Carlisle
• Lot 9 - Workington
• Lot 10 - Copeland
• Lot 11 - Cockermouth

The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years commencing on 01 January 2025, with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

The closing date for submission of competition response is by 12:00 noon 08 April 2024.

About the buyer

Address

John Snow House Durham University Science Park,
Durham
DH1 3YG
United Kingdom

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net