Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS North East London
Y56
4th Floor - Unex Tower
London
E15 1DA
UK
E-mail: bilan.sharif1@nhs.net
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/
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
Urgent Dental Care Phase 2 - Enfield
Reference number: PRJ2021
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Direct Award C to: Broadway Dental Care for the borough of Enfield.
The Authority will use the existing pathway for the development and delivery of a pan-London
face-to-face UDC service. The description below provides an outline of the main features of
that pathway and the services that will be commissioned under this procurement to support
the delivery of the service.
The model requires:
• Patients to be clinically triaged
• Patients to access the UDC service via NHS 111
• Patients to be triaged by The Authority's commissioned dental triage service
• Subject to meeting the acceptance criteria, patients to be allocated appointment slots by
the dental triage service
• Patient details to be shared with the UDC Provider via NHS.net email which will include
appointment time, medical history and a brief description of symptoms (there is a possibility
that the sharing of patient details may change in the future if an electronic referral system is
implemented).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
975 228.80
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service will provide urgent dental care for the local population and those visiting London
from neighbouring regions or overseas, referred to hereafter as London residents.
The objectives of the procurement are to secure services which will:
• Provide a good quality UDC service during the times specified for the specific lot
• Provide good quality care through the consistent use of clinical treatment protocols
including the Faculty of General Dental Practice protocols on antimicrobial prescribing
• Ensure that all patients with an urgent dental need have access to a clinical contact at an
appropriate time
• Ensure that the UDC service works within a 'whole system' approach in providing urgent
dental care
• Foster innovation and continuous improvement in all aspects of the delivery of the UDC
service across London
• Enable and support patients to access general, intermediate and specialist dentistry in
order to stabilise patients' oral health needs in line with current good practice, i.e. Avoidance
of doubt: Provision of Phased Treatments https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads
/2018/02/B0615-Update-to-avoidance-of-doubt-provision-ofphased treatments-300621-.pdf
• Support patients to stabilise their oral health where necessary
• Enable equitable access to all patients with services not compromised by physical (physical
ill-health, learning disabilities, medically compromised, children looked after etc) language,
social and economic barriers
• Provide preventive evidence-based oral health advice according to Delivering Better Oral
Health 2021 and in line with Making Every Contact Count
• Provide agreed data recording (including non-attendance) at scheduled intervals to ensure
the clinical service is meeting the needs of the population
• Ensure UDC services provide best value for money
Start date: 1st July 2024 5+2 contract end date 30rd June 2031
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
/ Weighting: 100
Cost criterion: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
/ Weighting: 100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
Service contract to be awarded to the winner or one of winners under the rules of a design contest
Explanation
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 24/06/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
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
11/06/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Broadway Dental Care
1 Compton Road, Winchmore Hill
London
N21 3PA
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 975 228.80
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
An UDCH is required in every borough of London, following the earlier UDC PRJ1205 tender
we have 5 further boroughs that we would like to Procure those services for.
Procurement will be following the new PSR (Provider Selection Regime) Direct Award C route and Award to Broadway Dental Care
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board London
4th Floor - Unex Tower
London
E15 1DA
UK
E-mail: bila.sharif1@nhs.net
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/06/2024