--- title: "NHS England South West - NHS Tier 2 Oral Surgery Services across the South West - Market Engagement Event" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-8b2eb069-96a0-4a88-b431-d307e776af07" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8b2eb069-96a0-4a88-b431-d307e776af07" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8b2eb069-96a0-4a88-b431-d307e776af07.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8b2eb069-96a0-4a88-b431-d307e776af07.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT" published: "2023-10-20" --- # NHS England South West - NHS Tier 2 Oral Surgery Services across the South West - Market Engagement Event Buyer: NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8b2eb069-96a0-4a88-b431-d307e776af07 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8b2eb069-96a0-4a88-b431-d307e776af07) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8b2eb069-96a0-4a88-b431-d307e776af07.json) ## Summary The NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit has initiated a tender process for the provision of NHS Tier 2 Oral Surgery Services across the South West region. This planning stage involves market engagement events to gauge interest from potential providers. The engagement end date is set for November 24, 2023. The services fall under the Dental practice and related services category. The events aim to standardize service provision through a standard specification and pricing mechanism. This tender offers opportunities for businesses providing Level 2 Oral Surgery services in the South West region. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may find this opportunity particularly well-suited for growth. Interested providers are invited to attend market engagement events to understand the Commissioner's aims and objectives. The process is being managed by the NHS SCW Commissioning Support Unit, and the tender falls under the "Light Touch Regime" within the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, providing a streamlined approach to procurement. ## Notice This notice is placed as a PIN to facilitate engagement with potential providers and relates only to pre-procurement market engagement. NHS England (NHSE) South West, on behalf of the Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in the South West region, are recommissioning NHS Tier 2 Oral Surgery Services across the South West and seek to determine the level of market interest in the provision of these services. NHSE are in the early stages of engagement and invite potential providers to attend a series of initial market engagement events, taking place across the region in November and December 2023. Oral surgery deals with the diagnosis and management of pathology of the mouth and jaws that requires surgical intervention. It involves the treatment of children, adolescents and adults, and the management of dentally anxious and medically complex patients. Further information on the services can be found in the Oral Surgery clinical standards: NHS England " Oral surgery clinical standard The services will provide Level 2 Oral Surgery for patients, either residing in or currently under the care of a General Dental Practitioner (GDP), in the South West. Consideration is being given to procuring separate contracts across the region, subject to the outcome of market and stakeholder engagement. All Mandatory Dental Services, including simple non-surgical extractions, are excluded from the scope but some services will include Sedation in accordance with the Guidance for Commissioning Sedation for Dental Services in Primary Care 2017. The aims of the service (with and without Sedation) are to: * ensure that equitable, accessible, cost effective, high quality Minor Oral Surgery (MOS) services are available to the public locally; * increase the availability and accessibility of the primary care based MOS services to those patients who require sedation to support them to receive a minor oral surgical procedure locally; * release pressures and waiting times for treatment at secondary care centres; and * reduce the number of patients receiving minor oral surgical procedures under general anaesthesia. Currently existing services are provided on a range of contract types, to various specifications. The intention, through this recommissioning exercise, is to standardise the provision of level 2 Oral Surgery provision across the region through the use of a standard specification and pricing mechanism. Performers will need to be accredited to provide the services to a Level 2 standard. The accreditation will be through an accreditation panel led by the Managed Clinical Network for Oral Surgery. Further information on accreditation can be found in the commissioning guide: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/guidance-for-the-accreditation-of-performers-of-level-2-complexity-care-dec-2018.pdf Additional information: The market engagement events have been scheduled at the following dates, times and locations: * Thursday 7th December 2023, Bristol, 1.00-4.00 * Friday 8th December 2023, Taunton, 10.00-1.00 At the events, further detail of the Commissioner's aims and objectives for the services will be shared and potential providers will have an opportunity to help inform the recommissioning strategy. Each event will follow the same format and therefore an organisation need only attend one event. Two events are being held, solely to enable greater coverage and accessibility. The events are open to all providers who may want to deliver NHS Tier 2 Oral Surgery Services in the South West region, in the future. If you would like to attend any of the events, please register your interest by sending an email to england.swdental@nhs.net, titled 'Registration for Tier 2 Oral Surgery Services Engagement Event' and including the following details by no later than 12 noon Friday 24th November 2023: - Company name; - Attendee(s) name(s); - Attendee(s) contact details (email address(es) and telephone number(s)); - Confirmation of which event you would like to attend. Further details of the events, including venue information, will be provided to those who register. This may include the sharing of draft service specifications and pricing mechanisms to help facilitate discussions during the events. Places will be initially limited to 2 attendees per provider, but this may be extended nearer the time. This exercise is being managed by NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s). This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Commissioners or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Commissioners will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/81458f7d-04d9-4f68-8a2e-3b6895829902 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 20 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 24 Nov 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | | Locality | TAUNTON | | Post town | Taunton | | Postcode | TA1 2PE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | | ITL 3 | TLK62 Somerset | | Local authority | Somerset | | Electoral ward | Taunton East | | Westminster constituency | Taunton and Wellington | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85130000 - Dental practice and related services ## Release History - 20 Oct 2023 at 10:17 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/81458f7d-04d9-4f68-8a2e-3b6895829902 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/81458f7d-04d9-4f68-8a2e-3b6895829902 20th October 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/guidance-for-the-accreditation-of-performers-of-level-2-complexity-care-dec-2018.pdf ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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