Dental practice and related services

Tender description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England – Midlands and East (East) (referred to as the Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the services for special care dentistry for adults and children, which will include referral services and dental public health services, across: Lot 1 — Norfolk; Lot 2 — Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; and Lot 3 — Suffolk. The new contracts are expected to commence on 1.10.2019 for a period of 7 years with an option to extend to a further 3 years (total contract duration 10 years). Bidders are to note, deadline for tender submissions is 10:00 a.m. on 22.2.2019. Special care dentistry is defined as being “concerned with the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. The speciality focuses on adolescents and adults only and includes the important period of transition as the adolescent moves into adulthood. The speciality was formally recognised by the General Dental Council (GDC) in 2008” (Guides for commissioning dental specialities – Special care dentistry, NHSE, September 2015). NB The service being commissioned includes both special care dentistry and paediatric patients. Special care dentistry is defined as being “concerned with the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. The speciality focuses on adolescents and adults only and includes the important period of transition as the adolescent moves into adulthood. The speciality was formally recognised by the General Dental Council (GDC) in 2008” (Guides for commissioning dental specialities – Special care dentistry, NHSE, September 2015). NB The service being commissioned includes both special care dentistry and paediatric patients. Special Care Dentistry is defined as being “concerned with the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. The speciality focuses on adolescents and adults only and includes the important period of transition as the adolescent moves into adulthood. The speciality was formally recognised by the General Dental Council (GDC) in 2008” (Guides for commissioning dental specialities – Special care dentistry, NHSE, September 2015). NB The service being commissioned includes both special care dentistry and paediatric patients.