Dental-practice services

Tender description

Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit, acting on behalf of NHS England Midlands and East (Central Midlands), will be inviting suitably qualified providers to offer high quality and safe General Dental Services across Lincolnshire and Leicester city. Potential bidders are invited to attend a market engagement event in Newark in the morning of 20.2.2018 or register for a webinar in the afternoon. Registration for both events closes at 2:00 pm on 16.2.2018 and details are given later in this notice. Contracts will be Personal Dental Services Plus (PDS Plus) agreements. The procurement will consist of 8 Lots, each Lot covering one practice/service and each lot being a separate contract. Providers will be able to bid for more than one lot. The contracts will be for a period of 7 years with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years (maximum contract term 10 years). Service commencement dates will be 1.2.2019. Market Engagement Events: Potential bidders are invited to attend a market engagement event in Newark in the morning of 20th February. There will also be a webinar given in the afternoon of the 20th February for those unable to attend the event in Newark. Both the market engagement event and the webinar will cover the same topics and material. The deadline for registration for both events is 2:00 pm, 16.2.2018 and further details will be sent to those registered. The Commissioner and Arden & GEM will present background information about the procurement and information regarding the process, including timescales and advice on preparing a bid. Potential bidders wishing to attend either the event or the webinar will need to register on the e-tendering portal, BravoSolution: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk express an interest in the opportunity and complete a short electronic form to register for the event. Instructions for this are given below. Note that this is NOT a PQQ (Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) but is merely using the PQQ functionality within BravoSolution to record interest for the market engagement event.