Enhanced Training Practice

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS England, Lancashire and Greater Manchester who wish to commission an Enhanced Training Practice for the Morecambe/Heysham area.

The aim of the service is to deliver a comprehensive Dental Enhanced Training Practice (ETP) service for patients within the Morecambe and Heysham geographical area. An ETP is a dental practice delivering NHS primary care dental services with an added undergraduate training element. The training element hosts a training environment for students from the Dental Education Centre, in line with the dental curriculum of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN).

The service will provide education and training for 40 weeks per year to a group of 8 dental students for 6 sessions per week (in line with UCLAN curriculum). The practice will have 4 surgeries which will be utilised by the students for the equivalent of 3 full days per week. The remainder of the time the surgeries will be utilised for the regular primary care dental practice element.

The basic principles of the open procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of Tenderers in accordance with Part B regime of The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Regulation 120 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for a temporary exemption for NHS healthcare procurements before 18th April 2016.

Potential Bidders ar...tial providers and all communications with NECS, including your tender submission, will be conducted via the portal https://In-tendhost.co.uk/necs hosted by (In-Tend), the managed service provider for the NECS electronic tendering system.

To express an interest:

To express an interest in tendering for this service, and (if you have not already done so) please register on the electronic tendering portal, which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs.

Once registered, you will be able to view details of the tender opportunity by selecting the "Tenders" tab, and then selecting "Current", scroll down through the tender lists until you come to "Enhanced Training Practice - NECS-128". To view further information on this specific tender opportunity, click the button marked "View Details". From this area, you will be able to express your interest in this tender opportunity by selecting the button marked "Express Interest".

Please note that it is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.

If you require further assistance, a help guide can be found on the portal by clicking on the tab marked "Guidance for Suppliers". Alternatively, (should potential providers have any queries) a dedicated helpdesk is available and can be contacted on 0844 2728810 Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm or email: support@in-tend.co.uk.

The closing date for submission of tenders is 12 noon on 10 December 2015.