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Prior Information Notice

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board Dental Market Engagement Event

  • First published: 26 March 2025
  • Last modified: 26 March 2025
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-04e9e4
Published by:
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
Authority ID:
AA83190
Publication date:
26 March 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Prior Information Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

This notice is placed in order to facilitate engagement with potential providers and stakeholders and relates to an engagement marketing event only.

NHS Kent and Medway ICB is hosting a Dental Market Engagement Event focused on the provision and development of NHS dental services in the following areas: Special Care and Paediatric Dental Care, Domiciliary, Unscheduled Dental Care, Urgent Dental, Dental Sedation Services, Oral Surgery, Periodontal Restorative Dental Care and General Anaesthesia in Kent and Medway, paying particular attention to the procurement of additional services.

This event is an opportunity for commissioners, providers - both dental practitioners in the community and acute hospitals, and other key stakeholders to come together to discuss and explore approaches to enhancing the accessibility and quality of NHS dental care and how additional service can support this.

The event will gather key stakeholders, dental professionals, industry experts, and potential partners, to discuss and consider how Kent and Medway ICB can optimise dental services for its population and agree viable, efficient and cost-effective service models. The event will provide information about NHS Kent and Medway dental commissioning plans and give a better understanding on future procurement requirements.

Who Should Attend?

This event is aimed at current and prospective dental service providers, commissioners, and other stakeholders with an interest in NHS dental care.

When - Wednesday 7th May 2025

Where - Mercure Maidstone (postcode: ME17 IRE)

Timing - 1:00pm - 5:00pm

If you wish to secure your place at the engagement event, please click on the link to book by midday on 18th April 2025:

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO46yYl9zOH4lHldDqgoy24X5UNzA4UElaWU0yS0RYRE1TOFExREFEUVVBNy4u&route=shorturl

This notice is being issued by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board.

Full notice text

Prior information notice

This notice is for prior information only

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

Maidstone

ME15 6NB

UK

E-mail: Kmicb.pod@nhs.net

NUTS: UKJ4

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk/

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


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

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board Dental Market Engagement Event

II.1.2) Main CPV code

85130000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

This notice is placed in order to facilitate engagement with potential providers and stakeholders and relates to an engagement marketing event only.

NHS Kent and Medway ICB is hosting a Dental Market Engagement Event focused on the provision and development of NHS dental services in the following areas: Special Care and Paediatric Dental Care, Domiciliary, Unscheduled Dental Care, Urgent Dental, Dental Sedation Services, Oral Surgery, Periodontal Restorative Dental Care and General Anaesthesia in Kent and Medway, paying particular attention to the procurement of additional services.

This event is an opportunity for commissioners, providers - both dental practitioners in the community and acute hospitals, and other key stakeholders to come together to discuss and explore approaches to enhancing the accessibility and quality of NHS dental care and how additional service can support this.

The event will gather key stakeholders, dental professionals, industry experts, and potential partners, to discuss and consider how Kent and Medway ICB can optimise dental services for its population and agree viable, efficient and cost-effective service models. The event will provide information about NHS Kent and Medway dental commissioning plans and give a better understanding on future procurement requirements.

Who Should Attend?

This event is aimed at current and prospective dental service providers, commissioners, and other stakeholders with an interest in NHS dental care.

When - Wednesday 7th May 2025

Where - Mercure Maidstone (postcode: ME17 IRE)

Timing - 1:00pm - 5:00pm

If you wish to secure your place at the engagement event, please click on the link to book by midday on 18th April 2025:

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO46yYl9zOH4lHldDqgoy24X5UNzA4UElaWU0yS0RYRE1TOFExREFEUVVBNy4u&route=shorturl

This notice is being issued by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKJ4

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This notice is placed in order to facilitate engagement with potential providers and stakeholders and relates to an engagement marketing event only.

NHS Kent and Medway ICB is hosting a Dental Market Engagement Event focused on the provision and development of NHS dental services in the following areas; Special Care and Paediatric Dental Care, Domiciliary, Unscheduled Dental Care, Urgent Dental, Dental Sedation Services, Oral Surgery, Periodontal Restorative Dental Care and General Anaesthesia in Kent and Medway, paying particular attention to the procurement of additional services.

This event is an opportunity for commissioners, providers - both dental practitioners in the community and acute hospitals, and other key stakeholders to come together to discuss and explore approaches to enhancing the accessibility and quality of NHS dental care and how additional services can support this.

The event will gather key stakeholders, dental professionals, industry experts, and potential partners, to discuss and consider how Kent and Medway ICB can optimise dental services for its population and bring to the market viable efficient service models and configurations. The event will provide information about NHS Kent and Medway dental commissioning plans and give a better understanding on future procurement requirements.

The event is being designed to encourage collaboration and transparency. The event will encourage participants to share insights, identify challenges, and explore solutions that can enhance patient care and improve service delivery. The event will enable discussion on various additional contracts to help build a better understanding of what is currently happening and how the ICB is looking to work in the future.

The event is to enable the ICB to understand the challenges that are faced by providers as well as discuss the opportunities. The ICB will outline its expectations of dental service providers.

Future additional services need to be capable of improving patient access, addressing patient needs and supporting an overall improvement in oral health for adults and children. There is a need to work together to ensure that procurement of services is completed with these core values in mind.

Why Attend?

• Gain insights into the future commissioning priorities and strategies for NHS dental services in Kent and Medway

• Provide expertise and feedback to help shape service specifications and delivery models.

• Network with other providers and stakeholders within the NHS dental sector.

This event is aimed at current and prospective dental service providers, commissioners, and other stakeholders with an interest in NHS dental care and additional service contracts.

When - Wednesday 7th May 2025

Where - Mercure Maidstone (postcode: ME17 IRE)

Timing - 1:00pm - 5:00pm

If you wish to secure your place at the engagement event, please click on the link to book by midday on 18th April 2025:

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO46yYl9zOH4lHldDqgoy24X5UNzA4UElaWU0yS0RYRE1TOFExREFEUVVBNy4u&route=shorturl

Outline Agenda

- Introduction to Dental in Primary Care

- Kent and Medway ICB Ambitions and Intentions

- Procurement Plans, Regulations and Potential upcoming market opportunities

- Break Out sessions - Discussion on contract types - challenges and solutions.

- Networking and collaboration opportunities

- Commissioner next steps

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

01/07/2025

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) prior information notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

05/03/2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
85130000 Dental practice and related services Health services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
Kmicb.pod@nhs.net
Admin contact:
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Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
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