Provision of General Dental Services in Hereford

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of of NHS England - Midlands (referred to as the commissioner) would like to notify the market of an opportunity to provide general dental services for patients in Hereford, this will include accepting patients across the Herefordshire County for which there are two lots; Lot 1 South Hereford and Lot 2 North Hereford, with an expectation to deliver 18,500 UDAs per lot.

Providers are to note the Commissioner will not be providing any premises for the delivery of the service, therefore interested providers will be responsible for sourcing appropriate dental premises. Premises should have access to a car park and be near public transport, and premises requirement will need to meet HTM 01-05. The premises must be within the boundary map for each Lot as per requirements detailed within Document 1 (see tender documentation for further information).

Providers are to note the Commissioners will be providing Infrastructure funding up to £100,000 for each Lot, for costs associated to sourcing or fitting out suitable premises, and associated recruitment costs (see tender documentation for further information).

The contract is expected to run for a period of 7 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years (maximum total contract duration 9 years) for each Lot with an estimated contract value of £4,995,000 per Lot.

The contract to be entered into will be in accordance with the NHS Personal Dental Services Agreement (2018).

The service commencement date for both lots is 5th December 2023. Please note the deadline for ITT submissions is 12:00PM on Friday 17th March 2023. This procurement has been advertised in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the "Regulations") to the extent that the Regulations relate to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services). The Commissioner and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services.

The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system for this procurement exercise. Further information and the ITT documentation can be found via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-tendering system at the following link: https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?searchtype=Projects

You can also register your interest via this page. You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C123571 Provision of General Dental Services in Hereford