Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership and NHS England & NHS Improvement North West
Manchester
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD - North West (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
North of England Commissioning Support
Durham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu
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
Dental Referral Management Service
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85130000 - Dental practice and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is to inform the market of future commissioning intentions in the Cheshire & Merseyside and Lancashire & South Cumbria Region for NHS England & NHS Improvement and Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership for a Dental Referral Management Service to enable the management of referrals form primary care dental practices to secondary care and other specialist community based services including facilitation of triage and business intelligence. Please note the timescales are indicative and any planned procurement may be subject to change due to legislative changes expected in 2022.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,475,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85130000 - Dental practice and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
Main site or place of performance
Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Merseyside and Lancashire & South Cumbria
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support (CSU) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England & NHS Improvement and is acting on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement North West (Cheshire & Merseyside and Lancashire & South Cumbria) and Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership to inform the market of future commissioning intentions.
The indicative timeline below is for a Dental Referral Management Service opportunity in the North West:
Market engagement to commence – January – September 2022
Publication of tender – January - March 2023
Planned contract commencement – 01 April 2024
Please note this may be subject to change due to legislative procurement changes expected in 2022.
two.2.14) Additional information
Further information will be published nearer the time
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
31 March 2023
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
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