Notice Information
Notice Title
General Dental Services and Unscheduled (Urgent Treatment) Dental Services for Holt and Wells - next - the - Sea
Notice Description
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver General Dental Services and Unscheduled (Urgent Treatment) Dental Services for Holt and Wells - next - the - Sea.<br/><br/>The Commissioner expects the service to be delivered from two sites, one in Holt and one in Wells - next - the - Sea (this will be delivered as one contract. The Provider is expected to deliver a combined total of 21,000 Units of Dental Activity (UDA) over the two sites.<br/><br/>The Commissioner would like to procure the Service under a Personal Dental Services Agreement (PDS) for a duration of 7 years with the commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 3 years (maximum contract duration 10 years). The Service is intended to be provided between 1st October 2025 - 30th September 2035 (10 years maximum duration).<br/><br/>Please note the deadline for responses to the Competitive Process is 10:00AM on Wednesday 14th May 2025.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The service will be required to offer NHS General Dental Services across the relevant treatment Bands (Bands 1, 2 and 3), in addition to offering unscheduled care (urgent treatment) appointments, as set out in the Personal Dental Services Agreement.
The delivery of the service will include approximately 17,787 UDAs for General Dental Services and approximately 3,213 UDAs to deliver 1,560 Unscheduled Care (urgent treatment) Appointments / unscheduled (urgent treatment) care for 30 patients per week for 52 weeks a year under sessional payment arrangements.
The activity is based on the existing contractual arrangements for both locations. It is important for Providers to understand the demographics and socio-economic issues faced in each of the locations.
Services are expected to be offered between the hours of 9:00am and 5:30pm Monday - Friday, with Saturday opening optional at present, throughout the entirety of the year. The provider should ensure that unscheduled care appointments are accessible via 111. Providers should be mindful of Core20Plus5 population groups with a view to reducing barriers to accessing the service.
Providers are to note, the Commissioner will not be providing any premises for the delivery of the service . The Commissioner expects the service to be delivered from two sites, one in Holt and one in Wells - next - the - Sea.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e94f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032699-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85130000 - Dental practice and related services
85131000 - Dental-practice services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,061,650 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £7,061,650 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 19 Mar 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS NORFOLK AND WAVENEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Neelam Saroe
- Contact Email
- neelamsaroe@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR1 2DH
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH1 East Anglia, TLH16 North and West Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Norwich
- Electoral Ward
- Lakenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich South
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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