Dental-practice services

Tender description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement — Midlands Region (referred to as the Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver General Dental Services in Oswestry, Shropshire. The contract is for an initial period of 7 years with the option to extend for a further 3 years. The contract start date will be 1.10.2019. It is anticipated that the annual contract value will be 622 560,00 GBP per annum based on 24 000 commissioned units of dental activity. Further information and the ITT documentation can be found at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu and bids must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. on 29.5.2019. The tender ID No 35511. NHS legislation and regulation, together with NHS England and NHS Improvement — Midlands Region require that the dental services, premises and facilities shall: (a) open as a minimum for the core hours of 9:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday, with additional hours to meet patient access expectations and to enable the delivery of 24 000 Units of Dental Activity (UDA’s) during the financial year; meet local access requirements, fulfil equality and diversity requirements and meet the needs of the identified patient groups. (b) ensure parking is available either “on site”, Council or private pay and display car park in the vicinity including adequate disabled parking for patients to use when visiting the practice. Be in a location that must be easily accessible to patients arriving on foot or by public transport. The local population reside in the town wards of Cabin Lane, Cambrian, Carreg Llwyd, Castle, Gatacre, Maserfield, Victoria and the local rural surrounding area. Dental health tends to be mirror the affluence and deprivation of an area. Within Oswestry town, 2 areas are within the most deprived 20 % nationally and a further 2 are within the 30 % most deprived nationally. Overall, poorer oral health would be expected in the population of these areas.