Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS England and NHS Improvement — Midlands
St. Chads Court, 216 Hagley Road
Birmingham
B16 9RG
UK
Contact person: Charlotte Highcock
E-mail: charlotte.highcock@nhs.net
NUTS: UKG31
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.england.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to 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
Out of Hours Urgent Dental Care Services Lot 1 — Birmingham Lot 2 — Hereford
Reference number: AG20038
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85131000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS England and NHS Improvement – West Midlands (referred to as the Commissioner) is inviting providers to express interest in delivering Out of Hours urgent dental care services for Lot 1 — Birmingham and Lot 2 — Hereford. As a result of this procurement exercise a contract will be established with the successful bidder(s) for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year. The successful provider is expected to be fully operational, providing services from 1 April 2021.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 144 080.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Lot 1 — Birmingham
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85131000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG31
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1 is for Birmingham. The services are required to be open at weekends (Saturday and, Sunday) and Bank Holidays for a minimum of five hours per day (with a decontamination process to follow clinical face to face hours). The total indicative number of sessions for this Lot is 112, with estimated patient contact numbers between 5 040 and 6 720.
TUPE is applicable and Bidders are required to take their own advice on whether TUPE or COSOP will apply to this Lot they and their specific submitted bid.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
762 720.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2021
End:
31/03/2025
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
Attached as document.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Lot 2 — Hereford
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85131000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG11
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 2 is for Hereford. The services are required to be open at weekends (Saturday and, Sunday) and Bank Holidays for a minimum of five hours per day (with a decontamination process to follow clinical face to face hours). The total indicative number of sessions for this Lot is 112, with estimated patient contact numbers between 1 680 and 2 240.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
381 360.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2021
End:
31/03/2025
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
Attached as document.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
All professional and/or trade registrations is specified within the tender documentation.
Financial standing requirements for the procurement are outlined within Document 1 — ITT Process Overview, Section 27.3 Financial Evaluation.
All technical capacity and its evaluation criteria are specified within the tender documentation.
Award criteria
Quality weighting: 80 %
Price weighting: 20 %
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
30/11/2020
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Further information and the ITT documentation can be found at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu and bids must be submitted by 17.00 p.m. on 30 November 2020. The tender ID No is 41808.
AGCSU is supporting this procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). The services is being procured as ‘Schedule 3 — Social and Other Specific Services’ and AGCSU is bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit
Cardinal Square 10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
UK
E-mail: charlotte.highcock@nhs.net
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/10/2020