Dental Out of Hours Services in Great Yarmouth, Waveney, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England Midlands & East (East) (the Commissioner), is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for Dental Out of Hours Services in Great Yarmouth, Waveney, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in a safe and effective manner.

AGCSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations").

The key objective of the Procurement is to provide treatment for urgent dental problems which occur on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays for the following LOTs:

LOT 1- Central Norfolk, covering North Norfolk, South Norfolk, Breckland, Broadland and Norwich.

LOT 2 - West Norfolk and Kings Lynn

LOT 3 - Great Yarmouth and Waveney

LOT 4 - Cambridgeshire 1 covering Fenland and East Cambridgeshire

LOT 5 - Cambridgeshire 2 covering Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire and

Huntingdonshire

LOT 6 - Peterborough

Urgent dental care services are particularly important in managing severe dental and facial pain and preventing dental conditions from becoming life threatening. Users of urgent dental care services tend to be those with a high level of oral health needs. A lack or inadequate provision of unscheduled dental services could lead to adverse consequences for patients and additional pressures on medical services, including GP out-of-hours services and Accident and Emergency departments.

TUPE applies only to Cambridgeshire area.

The Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation will be available from 3 September 2018 via:

https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html.

All completed bids must be submitted by 10.00 am on 1 October 2018.

The ITT reference for this tender is itt_1033

The opportunity notices will be located on the following websites: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search http://ted.europa.eu/TED/main/HomePage.do

The Commissioners are encouraging Bidders to bid as: A Partnership / subcontracting arrangement or a Consortium

The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Procurement Portal in this procurement exercise. https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

To register on the portal:

-Complete your organisation and personal details

-Choose a memorable user name and submit

-You will shortly be sent an email with your unique password, please treat this securely

To Express Interest in the ITT:

-Login with your unique user name and password

-From the suppliers reserved area click 'ITTs Open to All Suppliers' -This is a repository of all ITTs open to any registered supplier. Select itt_1033