In Hours Urgent Dental Service

North Of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS England North (Cheshire & Merseyside)who are accountable for the commissioning of Primary Dental Care in Cheshire and Merseyside area. They are now proposing to commission an In Hours Urgent Dental Service.

This Request for Information (RFI) process is being undertaken to engage with the market in order to inform the further development of draft proposals for the future service delivery of the Primary Dental care In Hours Urgent Dental Service in the Cheshire and Merseyside area.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this RFI and communicate with providers. All communication with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the PROACTIS portal: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS

Additional information: Please be aware that the RFI documentation will be available on the PROACTIS Portal from 4th April 2019 and the deadline for RFI responses is noon 18th April 2019.

Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the Proactis portal.

To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please go to the PROACTIS portal: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS

It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day.

Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by

Email:Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday8:30am to 5.00pm).

Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.