Planning

PRJ 2022 Urgent Dental Care Phase 2 Direct Award C - Wandsworth - Green Dental

N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT

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Planning

26 Mar 2024 at 14:17

Summary of the contracting process

The N E L Commissioning Support Unit is seeking services for an Urgent Dental Care Hub (UDCH) in every borough of London, with a focus on Wandsworth. The procurement involves a direct award to Green Dental under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), following a previous tender. The total value of the contract is £3,422,852.16. The main objective is to provide high-quality urgent dental care services following specific clinical protocols and ensuring equitable access to all patients, with a future notice date set for March 27, 2024.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services sector to deliver urgent dental care services in London. Suitable businesses should have experience in clinical triage, dental services provision, and adherence to clinical protocols. This contract requires a focus on patient-centric care, innovation, continuous improvement, and the delivery of evidence-based oral health advice. Businesses interested in this tender should align with the outlined service objectives and demonstrate a commitment to providing high-quality dental care services to the local population and visitors to London.

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Notice Title

PRJ 2022 Urgent Dental Care Phase 2 Direct Award C - Wandsworth - Green Dental

Notice Description

The Authority will use the existing pathway for the development and delivery of a pan-London face-to-face UDC service. The description below provides an outline of the main features of that pathway and the services that will be commissioned under this procurement to support the delivery of the service. The model requires: * Patients to be clinically triaged * Patients to access the UDC service via NHS 111 * Patients to be triaged by The Authority's commissioned dental triage service * Subject to meeting the acceptance criteria, patients to be allocated appointment slots by the dental triage service * Patient details to be shared with the UDC Provider via NHS.net email which will include appointment time, medical history and a brief description of symptoms (there is a possibility that the sharing of patient details may change in the future if an electronic referral system is implemented)

Lot Information

Lot 1

The service will provide urgent dental care for the local population and those visiting London from neighbouring regions or overseas, referred to hereafter as London residents. The objectives of the procurement are to secure services which will: * Provide a good quality UDC service during the times specified for the specific lot * Provide good quality care through the consistent use of clinical treatment protocols including the Faculty of General Dental Practice protocols on antimicrobial prescribing * Ensure that all patients with an urgent dental need have access to a clinical contact at an appropriate time * Ensure that the UDC service works within a 'whole system' approach in providing urgent dental care * Foster innovation and continuous improvement in all aspects of the delivery of the UDC service across London * Enable and support patients to access general, intermediate and specialist dentistry in order to stabilise patients' oral health needs in line with current good practice, i.e. Avoidance of doubt: Provision of Phased Treatments https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads /2018/02/B0615-Update-to-avoidance-of-doubt-provision-of-phasedtreatments-300621-.pdf Page 5 to 5 * Support patients to stabilise their oral health where necessary * Enable equitable access to all patients with services not compromised by physical (physical ill-health, learning disabilities, medically compromised, children looked after etc) language, social and economic barriers * Provide preventive evidence-based oral health advice according to Delivering Better Oral Health 2021 and in line with Making Every Contact Count * Provide agreed data recording (including non-attendance) at scheduled intervals to ensure the clinical service is meeting the needs of the population * Ensure UDC services provide best value for money Additional information: An UDCH is required in every borough of London, following the earlier UDC PRJ1205 tender we have 5 further boroughs that we would like to Procure those services for. Procurement will be following the new PSR (Provider Selection Regime) Direct Award C route

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-044cfc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009822-2024
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£3,422,852 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Mar 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
27 Mar 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
Contact Name
Angela Porter
Contact Email
angela.porter5@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 8UG
Post Town
South East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI45 Lambeth
Delivery Location
TLI London

Local Authority
Lambeth
Electoral Ward
Waterloo & South Bank
Westminster Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

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