Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England and NHS Improvement North East & Yorkshire Health and Justice Team
The Old Exchange
Darlington
DL3 7DR
Telephone
+44 1642746918
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC13 - Darlington
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
John Snow House
Co. Durham
DH1 3YG
Telephone
+44 1642746918
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC1 - Tees Valley and Durham
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHSE836 - Request for Information - Dental Services - Aycliffe Secure Children's Home
Reference number
NHSE836
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation and is managing this market engagement exercise and a possible future procurement process for the provision of Dental Services at Aycliffe Secure Children's Home for NHS England and NHS Improvement North East and Yorkshire Health and Justice Team. (The Contracting Authority).
This Request for Information (RFI) process is being undertaken to engage with the market to inform the further development of draft proposals for future service delivery of Dental Services to be delivered at Aycliffe Secure Children's Home, Copelaw, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6JB.
The objective of the RFI is to understand:-
- The market capability and capacity to deliver the service.
- The preferred contractual model for delivering the service.
- If the service model is viable and sustainable for the length of the contract.
- The preferred / most viable contract length.
- If there are any financial risks with the delivery of the service.
- The mobilisation requirements of the service.
- Any barriers to bidding and whole service risk.
- The social value deliverable's of the service.
The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 05 July 2022 and the RFI questionnaire must be completed on-line and submitted by 12.00 noon on 19 July 2022.
A future procurement opportunity for the Dental Service at Aycliffe Secure Children's Home could be published in September 2022.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £120,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85131000 - Dental-practice services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC14 - Durham CC
Main site or place of performance
Aycliffe Secure Children's Home, Copelaw, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6JB.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed Dental Service at Aycliffe Secure Children's Home, Copelaw, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6JB and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity.
It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service and on Contracts Finder.
It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.
This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest in this RFI exercise is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and complete and submit the on-line RFI questionnaire.
Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time if you have a working internet connection. The In-Tend portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu.
Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may or may not apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
The RFI questionnaire and associated documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 05 July 2022 and the RFI questionnaire must be completed on-line and submitted by 12.00 noon on 19 July 2022.
A future procurement opportunity for the provision of Dental Service at Aycliffe Secure Children's Home could be published in September 2022.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
14 September 2022
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(MT Ref:226652)