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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: NHSE548 Her Majesty’s Prisons (HMP) – General Dental Services
2. Awarding Authority:
North Of England Commissioning Support
John Snow House

County Durham
England
DH1 3YG
Contact:
Email: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
Phone:
URL:
3. Contract Type: Services
4. Description: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for, and on behalf of, NHS England and NHS Improvement North West Health and Justice Team, who wish to commission Dental Services in the following prisons:

Lot 1 – Her Majesty’s Prison Liverpool; and
Lot 2 – Her Majesty’s Prison Hindley

The basic principles that mirror those of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with the Light Touch Regime within The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.

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.

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: 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 using the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by Email: support@in-tend.com or by phone 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm).

PLEASE NOTE: Tender documentation will be available via In-tend from Thursday 20 May 2021 and the closing date for receipt of tenders is 12 noon on Monday 21 June 2021.
5. CPV Codes:
85130000 – Dental practice and related services
6. NUTS Codes: UKC14
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: North West
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
NHSE548
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: £337,000
10. Start Date: 01/04/2022
11. End Date: 31/03/2031
12. Closing Date: 21/06/2021
13. Other Information:
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