NHS Mobile and Alternative Dental Services

  • NHS England

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice reference: 2024/S 000-012742

Published 19 April 2024, 9:15am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS England

1st Floor, Quarry House, Quarry Hill

Leeds

LS2 7UE

Contact

Leigh Parker

Email

england.commercialqueries@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.england.nhs.uk//

Buyer's address

https://www.england.nhs.uk//


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

NHS Mobile and Alternative Dental Services

Reference number

C264586

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85131000 - Dental-practice services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS England has published this Prior Information Notice in relation to the NHS Mobile and Alternative Dental Services.

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted provisions of dental services and although recent data indicates some improvement, there remains more work to be done to improve provisions across England.

In February 2024, NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) launched a joint Dental Recovery Plan to provide more than 1.5 million additional NHS dentistry treatments or 2.5 million NHS dentistry appointments. Included in the plan is the commitment to deploy mobile dental vans to contribute to a proportion of these targets, as well as ‘offering appointments to patients in targeted rural and coastal communities, starting later this year in the most under-served areas.’

NHS England is therefore keen to understand the range of services available to achieve this and to realise the ambitions of the Dental Recovery Plan.

In addition to the provision of vans and/or workforce, we are exploring supplementary options such as (but not limited to), the provision of non-van solutions, including the use of local facilities for pop-up services. We are keen to think creatively on how we can best support this target population.

Further information regarding this project can be found on Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2024/S 000-012376


Section seven. Changes

seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice

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NHS England has published this Prior Information Notice in relation to the NHS Mobile and Alternative Dental Services.The Covid-19 pandemic impacted provisions of dental services and although recent data indicates some improvement, there remains more work to be done to improve provisions across England.In February 2024, NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) launched a joint Dental Recovery Plan to provide more than 1.5 million additional NHS dentistry treatments or 2.5 million NHS dentistry appointments. Included in the plan is the commitment to deploy mobile dental vans to contribute to a proportion of these targets, as well as ‘offering appointments to patients in targeted rural and coastal communities, starting later this year in the most under-served areas.’NHS England is therefore keen to understand the range of services available to achieve this and to realise the ambitions of the Dental Recovery Plan.We are aware of the limited availability of vans and workforce to deliver mobile dental services and so alongside the provision of vans and/or workforce, we are exploring other options such as (but not limited to), the provision of non-van solutions, including the use of local facilities for pop-up services. We are keen to think creatively on how we can best support this target population.Further information regarding this project can be found on Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

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NHS England has published this Prior Information Notice in relation to the NHS Mobile and Alternative Dental Services.The Covid-19 pandemic impacted provisions of dental services and although recent data indicates some improvement, there remains more work to be done to improve provisions across England.In February 2024, NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) launched a joint Dental Recovery Plan to provide more than 1.5 million additional NHS dentistry treatments or 2.5 million NHS dentistry appointments. Included in the plan is the commitment to deploy mobile dental vans to contribute to a proportion of these targets, as well as ‘offering appointments to patients in targeted rural and coastal communities, starting later this year in the most under-served areas.’NHS England is therefore keen to understand the range of services available to achieve this and to realise the ambitions of the Dental Recovery Plan.In addition to the provision of vans and/or workforce, we are exploring supplementary options such as (but not limited to), the provision of non-van solutions, including the use of local facilities for pop-up services. We are keen to think creatively on how we can best support this target population.Further information regarding this project can be found on Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

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NHS England has published this Prior Information Notice in relation to the NHS Mobile and Alternative Dental Services.The Covid-19 pandemic impacted provisions of dental services and although recent data indicates some improvement, there remains more work to be done to improve provisions across England.In February 2024, NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) launched a joint Dental Recovery Plan to provide more than 1.5 million additional NHS dentistry treatments or 2.5 million NHS dentistry appointments. Included in the plan is the commitment to deploy mobile dental vans to contribute to a proportion of these targets, as well as ‘offering appointments to patients in targeted rural and coastal communities, starting later this year in the most under-served areas.’NHS England is therefore keen to understand the range of services available to achieve this and to realise the ambitions of the Dental Recovery Plan.We are aware of the limited availability of vans and workforce to deliver mobile dental services and so alongside the provision of vans and/or workforce, we are exploring other options such as (but not limited to), the provision of non-van solutions, including the use of local facilities for pop-up services. We are keen to think creatively on how we can best support this target population.Further information regarding this project can be found on Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

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NHS England has published this Prior Information Notice in relation to the NHS Mobile and Alternative Dental Services.The Covid-19 pandemic impacted provisions of dental services and although recent data indicates some improvement, there remains more work to be done to improve provisions across England.In February 2024, NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) launched a joint Dental Recovery Plan to provide more than 1.5 million additional NHS dentistry treatments or 2.5 million NHS dentistry appointments. Included in the plan is the commitment to deploy mobile dental vans to contribute to a proportion of these targets, as well as ‘offering appointments to patients in targeted rural and coastal communities, starting later this year in the most under-served areas.’NHS England is therefore keen to understand the range of services available to achieve this and to realise the ambitions of the Dental Recovery Plan.In addition to the provision of vans and/or workforce, we are exploring supplementary options such as (but not limited to), the provision of non-van solutions, including the use of local facilities for pop-up services. We are keen to think creatively on how we can best support this target population.Further information regarding this project can be found on Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.