Market Assessment Questionnaire for the Provision of Personal Dental Services in Oswestry, Shropshire

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement Midlands (the Commissioner) would like to invite all interested stakeholders to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire relating to the procurement of Personal Dental Services in Oswestry, Shropshire

If your organisation wishes to contribute, please register against Quote/tender 38379 in EU Supply (https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu) and complete the short questionnaire no later than 12 noon Monday 20th January 2020.

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AG CSU) on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement Midlands - Shropshire and Staffordshire (here onwards known as the Commissioner) is inviting stakeholders to participate in a Market Assessment Questionnaire relating to the procurement Personal Dental Services in Oswestry Shropshire.

NHS England are offering an exciting opportunity for a dental provider in Oswestry. Oswestry is the largest market town in Shropshire close to the Welsh border. The population of Oswestry and the adjacent area is circa 42,000. The opportunity is for an additional dental practice in Oswestry Shropshire, under a Personal Dental Services (PDS) contract.

The Commissioner is seeking market input for making informed decisions regarding the proposed contract length, support providers may require from NHS England, the procurement process and for developing relevant documents in accordance with those decisions. Before publishing a formal procurement opportunity, they would like to invite interested stakeholders to provide feedback to help inform their Commissioning intentions going forward via a questionnaire.

These opportunities when advertised will be open to the entire market, including the current providers. It is intended that the tender will be published late March/early April 2020. The services must be operational on the expected service commencement date of 1st January 2021.

The Commissioner may wish to contact you to discuss your feedback on a 1:1 basis. Should the Commissioner wish to contact you, please indicate if you are willing to discuss your feedback with them on Thursday 23rd January 2020.

Additional information: An expression of interest in this PIN will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise. The subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement when published.

Process of expressing interest:

This market engagement event is being facilitated through the Arden & GEM, EU-Supply e-procurement portal at: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu