Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England North East and Yorkshire
1W09, 1ST FLOOR, QUARRY HOUSE QUARRY HILL
LEEDS
LS2 7UE
Contact
NECS
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
NHS Organisation Data Service
X24
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-east-yorkshire/
Buyer's address
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
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
NHSE940 West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire Health and Justice Team
Reference number
NHSE940
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 11 December 2024 (8 days following publication of intention to award notice).
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.'
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire - Health and Justice Team (the Relevant Authority), who have undertaken a competition to commission NHSE940 West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service under a Personal Dental Services Agreement - July 2018.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £3,648,144
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 11 December 2024 (8 days following publication of intention to award notice).
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.'
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire - Health and Justice Team (the Relevant Authority), who have undertaken a competition to commission NHSE940 West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service under a Personal Dental Services Agreement - July 2018.
The West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service is covering West Yorkshire secure settings of HMP Leeds, HMP Wealstun and HMP Wakefield.
The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 April 2025 with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
The closing date for submissions was 12 noon 18 October 2024.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents / Weighting / Weighting: 85%
Price - Weighting: 15%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 April 2025 with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
two.2.14) Additional information
Firstly, the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract. However, Providers are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence 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.
Secondly, previous publication concerning this procedure publication reference 2024/S 000-029785
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this competition and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including response submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via:
Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035
The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00 pm
Competition documentation were available on the e-tendering site from 18 September 2024
All bids were fully evaluated against a quality and cost criteria, the highest scoring bidder will have a further due diligence evaluation undertaken of the self-certification statements.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-029785
Section five. Award of contract
Title
NNHSE940 West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27 November 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Time for Teeth Ltd
80 Bridgford Road West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 6AX
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
07262547
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £3,560,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £3,560,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice.
The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
The standstill period begins on the working day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 11 December 2024.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.
Any representations should be sent via the messaging section on the atamis portal for this project (NHSE940 West Yorkshire Prisons (Adult Male) Dental Service , Contract Ref - C304718) and to necsu.psrprocurement@nhs.net
NHS England - North East and Yorkshire(the Relevant Authority) Health and Justice - Local Governance Group (LGG) and Regional Leadership Group (RLG) were the award decision-makers.
Conflicts of interest were managed throughout the process.
Providers were asked to demonstrate and evidence, by responding to specific questions, how their proposed service delivery model will ensure that the relevant key criteria will be delivered for service users. the responses to specific questions will provide evidence under the relevant Key Criteria.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHSE North East and Yorkshire
Leeds
Country
United Kingdom