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Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2018/S 172-391278/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Services

Contract notice
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: NHS England North (Cumbria and the North East)
Postal address: Waterfront 4, Goldcrest Way
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
Postal code: NE15 8NY
Country: United Kingdom
Email: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.england.nhs.uk/north
Address of the buyer profile: www.proactisplaza.com/supplierportal/?CID=NECS

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:www.proactisplaza.com/supplierportal/?CID=NECS
another address:Official name: North of England Commissioning Support
Postal address: Teesdale House
Town: Thornaby
Postal code: TS17 6BL
Country: United Kingdom
Email: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile: www.proactisplaza.com/supplierportal/?CID=NECS

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:www.proactisplaza.com/supplierportal/?CID=NECS
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 — Billingham
Reference number: NHSE320
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract Services

II.1.4) Short Description:
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England — Cumbria & the North East who wish to commission two general dental service contracts in Billingham.
The aim of the service will be to deliver comprehensive routine general dental services for this area. The contract term is for 7 years with the option to extend for a further 3 years.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 8460000 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)

II.2) Description:
II.2.1) Title: Central Billingham

Lot No:1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 85130000
Main CPV code: 85131000
Main CPV code: 85100000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England — Cumbria and the North East who wish to commission a general dental service contract in Central Billingham.
The aim of the service will be to deliver comprehensive routine general dental services for this area.
The basic principles that mirror that of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Contracting Authority must consider:
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions; and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it 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”. The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts).
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) 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 Proactis portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the Proactis e-tendering portal, which can be found at: and follow the registration instructions.
Please note that it is free to register on Proactis, 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: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: (Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm).
Please note: Tender documentation will be available via Proactis from 7.9.2018 and the closing date for receipt of tenders is 12 noon on 8.10.2018.

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 4860000 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:120
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.2.1) Title: South Billingham

Lot No:2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 85130000
Main CPV code: 85131000
Main CPV code: 85100000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England — Cumbria and the North East who wish to commission a general dental service contract in South Billingham.
The aim of the service will be to deliver comprehensive routine general dental services for this area.
The basic principles that mirror that of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Contracting Authority must consider:
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions; and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it 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”. The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts).
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) 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 Proactis portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the Proactis e-tendering portal, which can be found at: and follow the registration instructions.
Please note that it is free to register on Proactis, 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: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: (Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm).
Please note: Tender documentation will be available via Proactis from 7.9.2018 and the closing date for receipt of tenders is 12 noon on 8.10.2018.

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 3600000 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:120
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
List and brief description of conditions of rules and criteria: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”. The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts).

III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Form of procedure:
Open procedure
IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:
Information about national procedures is available at:
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date:2018-10-08
Local time:12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN

Section V: Award of contract

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) 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 PROACTIS portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on the Proactis e-tendering portal, which can be found at: and follow the registration instructions.
Please note that it is free to register on Proactis, 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: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: (Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm).
The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102).
(MT Ref:213142)

VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Postal address: Teesdale House, Thornaby
Town: Stockton on Tees
Postal code: TS17 6BL
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
Internet address:

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authorities will act in accordance with Regulation 92 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
These Regulations provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: Royal courts of Justice
Postal address: The High Courts of Justice
Town: London
Postal code: WC242LL
Country: United Kingdom
Internet address:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2018-09-05