Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS England and NHS Improvement North East and Yorkshire
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UA
UK
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.necsu.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA31749
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
General Dental Services Scarborough
Reference number: NHSE538
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85130000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
North of England Commissioning Support are working for and behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North East and Yorkshire to General Dental Services in Scarborough.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
7 246 148.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85130000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE
Main site or place of performance:
Scarborough Yorkshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Contracting Authority is procuring General Dental Services for Scarborough.
The over-arching aims of the Contracting Authority in respect of dental service provision are:
To improve oral health and to reduce inequalities in health and well-being.
To improve access to NHS dental services and to improve the experience of all patients.
To develop integrated and consistent services.
To ensure equitable and timely access to primary, urgent and elective care.
The Contracting Authority plans for a contract commencement date of 01 July 2022 for an initial contract term of 5-years with the option to extend the contract by 2-years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capability, capacity, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts).
Tender documentation will be available from 10 January 2022 and the closing time and date for tender returns is 12:00 noon on 09 February 2022.
“Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Contracting Authorities must consider: (a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and (b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to “economic, social, and environmental well-being” by utilising the UK Governments Social Value Model.
This procurement will be conducted using an e-Tendering portal (In-Tend).
The In-Tend portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home and search for the project NHSE538 Invitation to Tender – General Dental Services – Scarborough.
Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.
Should providers have any queries regarding In-Tend a dedicated help desk is available and can be contacted on +44 8442728810 or email: support@in-tend.co.uk.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) do not apply to this procurement; however bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence.
The Contracting Authority and NECS reserve the right to cancel the tender process at any point and will not be held liable for any costs resulting from any cancellation of the tender process or for any other costs incurred by those tendering for the contract.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Tender documentation will be available from 10 January 2022 and the closing time and date for tender returns is 12:00 noon on 09 February 2022.
The In-Tend portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:
Information about national procedures is available at: (URL)
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/pdfs/uksi_20150102_en.pdf
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
Public contracts for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-000640
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/04/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Smile Care United Limited
Slough
UK
NUTS: UKE
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 7 246 148.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (In-Tend) as such there will be no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the In-Tend portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the In-Tend e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home and follow the registration instructions.
Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, 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: support@in-tend.com or by phone 0844 2728810
Helpdesk Availability Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
Cabinet Office
London
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/04/2022