Dental practice and related services

Tender description

NHS England, East, wishes to commission a Level 2 Oral Surgery Service Provider, located in primary care or other locality settings, within the West Suffolk locality to support patients being managed within primary care to complement the existing GDS and hospital services. The aim of the introduction of Level 2 Oral Surgery Service is to: — Ensure that patients are treated in the most appropriate setting; — Increase the access of oral surgery services across the whole of the county; — Reduce referrals into secondary care; — Prevent inappropriate referrals from GDPs; — Ensure patients are treatment within 18 weeks; — To enhance preventative and quality services to patients; — Identify training and education needs of GDPs; The Provider of Level 2 oral surgery service will receive a fixed payment of 150 GBP for each episode of care (from first appointment to discharge). Further information can be found in the ITT Documentation. NHS England, East, wishes to commission a Level 2 Oral Surgery Service Provider, located in primary care or other locality settings, within the West Suffolk locality to support patients being managed within primary care to complement the existing GDS and hospital services. The contract is for a period of 12 months with an optional extension of 2 x 6 months. This is a cost and volume contract based on referrals and the estimated contract value for the full extended contract period is 402 000 GBP (Ex VAT). The required start date for the new services is 24.4.2017. This date may be subject to change at any time and such changes will be notified via the Bravo e-tendering portal. ITT submissions must be submitted via email tendering portal by no later than 13.3.2017 at 12:00 (noon). Further information on the proposed structure of the contract is provided in the documentation made available online to interested parties on the e-tendering portal. The documentation is available online on the Bravo website at the link below. If you are not already registered on the portal you will need to register using the ‘Register’ link on the web page provided. https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html The Services to which this opportunity relates fall within the Light Touch regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). Neither the publication of the this advertisement, the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage, an ITT nor the use of the term ‘Open Procedure’ nor any other indication (including any statement in this ITT) shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to services under the Light Touch regime. Queries on the contract or the process must be sent via the portal messaging facility.