Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England and NHS Improvement North West
Preston Business Centre, Watling Street Road
Preston
PR2 8DY
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD - North West (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Dental Services in Prisons
Reference number
NHSE548
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85130000 - Dental practice and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West (Health and Justice Team) (the Contracting Authority) to conduct market engagement to obtain input and feedback in preparation for the tender of the below contract:- • NHSE548 Dental Services in Prisons Lot 1 - Dental Services for HMP Liverpool (£200,000 per annum) Lot 2 - Dental Services for HMP Hindley (£137,000 per annum) Annual Contract Value - £337,000 The Contracting Authority would like to gather soft intelligence from the market and are publishing a Request for Information (RFI) . The RFIs and further documentation including draft service specifications for each of the services will be available on the Intend Portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/home. Providers will be able to select the appropriate RFI for the service/s they wish to respond to. The RFIs will be available from 04 March 2021 and the deadline for responses will be 12 Noon 26 March 2021. Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the Intend Portal. The portal can be accessed at any time of the day and it is free to register. Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-004373
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
Please refer to Notice https://www.findtender.