General Dental Services - Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay

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North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) North East and Yorkshire (NE&Y) (the Contracting Authority) who wish to commission General Dental Services (GDS) for Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay under the Standard Clauses for a Personal Dental Services (PDS) Agreement 2018 and is managing this procurement process. The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing 05 September 2022, with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance. The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capability, capacity, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light Touch Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (for health, social, education, and other certain service contracts). Tender documentation will be available from 02 March 2022, and the closing time and date for tender returns is by 12:00 noon on 04 April 2022. "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 consider the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being" by utilising the UK Government's Social Value Model. This procurement will be conducted using an e-Tendering portal (In-Tend). The In-Tend portal can be found at: www.in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu and search for the project reference number NHSE825 Invitation to Tender - General Dental Services -Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay. There will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal. Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day, so long as you have a working internet connection. Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by e-mail at: [email protected] or by phone on 0844 2728810. The helpdesk is available Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm. The Contracting Authority and NECS reserve the right to cancel the tender process at any point and will not be held liable for any costs resulting from any cancellation of the tender process or for any other costs incurred by those tendering for the contract

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