Dental Services - Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire ITT Publish

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (Arden & GEM CSU) on behalf of NHS England (Midlands and East), are seeking suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid to deliver dental services in Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The procurement is split in to lots.

The expectations are that these services will offer increased patient access and funding will be linked to KPI achievement within the current budgets. The successful provider(s) will need to demonstrate that they can deliver continuously high-quality services and will be responsive to the needs of the local populations. Provider(s) will be assessed on an on-going basis to ensure they deliver the high-quality services required.

These services must be provided by Dentists and Dental healthcare professionals, the provider(s) will be expected to:

• Deliver primary care dental services which will be accessible, convenient and responsive and/or • Deliver special care dentistry services which will be accessible, convenient and responsive, • Design services around the needs of patients and carers, ensuring they are offered more choice and a greater say in their treatment, • Have processes in place to evaluate and continually improve on patient satisfaction.

This opportunity will be open to the entire market. It should be noted that whilst current providers are able to bid, the contracts being offered will remain separate from each other and any contracts a bidder may currently hold or be bidding for.

The services will need to be mobilised for and commence on 01st December 2016. Subject to Efficiency Control Committee (ECC) approval, the contracts' end dates will be 30th November 2023, with the option to extend (subject to performance and commissioner decision). Should the ECC, of NHS England, not approve the length proposed of these contracts the relevant parties shall be notified as soon as possible.

Please ensure you download and read all the documentation published with the tender and regularly check the messages facility and documentation area in case of publish of further information. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation was made available on 29th January 2016 and should be completed and all bids submitted by the closing date of 5pm on 15th March 2016. All submissions will be evaluated using the scoring criteria which is contained within the ITT -Document 1. Clarifications may be asked during the procurement process, the deadline for clarification questions is 5pm on 8th March 2016. All correspondence relating to this procurement throughout all stages of the process must be managed through the Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (Arden and GEM CSU) eTendering Procurement Portal bravosolutions only.

Additional information: Providers wishing to submit an ITT to deliver this service can do so by logging onto Arden and GEM CSUs procurement portal (Bravo) as soon as possible at: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

To register on the portal: »From the portal Home Page, click the ‘Click Here to Register’ link »Accept the terms & conditions for using the portal »Complete your organisation & personal details »Choose a memorable username and submit »You will shortly be sent an email with your unique password, please treat this securely (if you lose it there is a ‘Forgot my Password’ link on the portal homepage)

To Access the portal and ITT: »Login with your unique username & password »From the suppliers reserved area click ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers’ –this is a repository of all ITT’s open to any registered supplier. »Browse the ITTs (there may be more than one page) and select by name; “itt_349 - Dental Services - Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire - Qualification Questions”, or by ITT code; “itt_349” by clicking on it, and then read the instructions to see which service specific questions you also need to search for at this step; • itt_350 - Dental Services - Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire - General Dentistry Questions • itt_351 - Dental Services - Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire - Special Care Dentistry Questions »Note the Details buttons on the left for Navigation and the Actions below »Click the ‘Express Interest’ action –this will move the ITT from the ITTs Open to All Suppliers area to your ‘My ITTs’ area –this is a reserved area for ITTs that you have either been invited to or expressed interest in.

The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ("the Regulations"). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services.