Provision of Dental Out of Hours Services across Norwich, Lowestoft or Great Yarmouth, and Kings Lynn

Concepts

• norwich
• dental practice
• hours services
• personal dental services agreement
• hours services contracts
• kings lynn
• dental services2
• dental
• great yarmouth
• a personal dental services agreement

Location

Norwich

Description

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Dental Out of Hours Services across Norwich, Lowestoft or Great Yarmouth, and Kings Lynn. The Commissioner would like to procure three Dental Out of Hours Services Contracts, under a Personal Dental Services Agreement (PDS) for a duration of 4 years with the commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 12 months.The services are to provide Dental Out of Hours Services at weekends and Bank Holidays throughout the entirety of the year. Providers are to note, the Commissioner will not be providing any premises for the delivery of the services. Therefore, it is the Providers responsibility to source a premises solution for the Service Commencement date of 1st April 2025.Key points for consideration for interested providers are: -1. Must be a current provider for dental services2. Must already be CQC registered.3. Must have available or access to workforce capacity to provide the procured services 4. Must have the ability to mobilise quickly (for example within 2-3 weeks) due to working to a limited timeline.5. Must be willing to work with system partners (e.g. 111 or GP Front Door) who will signpost patients to the service.6. Must have suitable premises as described above.Please note the deadline for responses to the Competitive Process is 10:00AM on 21st January 2025.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 85130000 - Dental practice and related services
• 85131000 - Dental-practice services

Indicators

• Bids should cover one or more lots.
• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

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 2015 do not apply to this award.The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system for this procurement exercise.Further information and the ITT documentation can be found via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-tendering system at the following link:https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce-sites.com/?SearchType=ProjectsYou can also register your interest via this page. You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C324205: COMP: Dental Out of Hours: Norwich, Lowestoft or Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn.The Basic Selection Questions are Pass/Fail and the award criteria for the Key Criteria Questions are as follows and these will be scored on a 0-5 scoring mechanism;Key Criteria 1: Quality and Innovation: 43.00%Key Criteria 2: Value: 0.00% (Pass/Fail)Key Criteria 3: Integration, Collaboration and Services Sustainability: 18.00%Key Criteria 4: Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 15.00%Key Criteria 5: Social Value: 24.00%The evaluation stages are as follows;Stage 1: Preliminary compliance reviewStage 2: Evaluation of the Basic Selection Question and Key Criteria Questions Stage 3a: Moderation of Basic Selection Questions and Key Criteria QuestionsStage 3b: Clarification if requiredStage 3c: Re-Moderation if required Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations.Please see published procurement documentation for further details.