Health and social work services

Tender description

NHS England requires up to 6 000 additional Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) for patients living in and around the Redland area of Bristol, up to a 1 kilometre radius of BS6 6RJ. 6 000 UDAs equates to approximately 2 800 patients (based on the AT average of 2.2 UDAs per patient). UDAs will be offered at a fixed price of 25.20 GBP per UDA which is non-negotiable. NHS England requires up to 6 000 additional Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) for patients living in and around the Redland area of Bristol, up to a 1 kilometre radius of BS6 6RJ. The service specification works in relation to and not instead of the NHS (General Dental Services /Personal Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005. NHS England is able to consider bids for all or part of the number of UDAs available. The minimum number of UDAs that will be considered is 1 000. It is however, the intention to award contract(s) as close to 6 000 UDAs as possible. The Commissioner will be contracting for the Services using the standard General Dental Services (GDS) or Personal Dental Services (PDS) Contract. For existing providers this will be an extension to their GDS or PDS Contract. For new Providers services will be contracted using a GDS Contract. Contract duration will depend on the contract type and could therefore have no time limit.