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II.1.1) Title
BCU-OJEU-56712 - Provision of Primary Care Dental Services
Reference number: BCU-OJEU-56712
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85131000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Health Board wishes to receive bids from dental healthcare providers with the necessary capacity and capability (or a demonstrable ability to provide the necessary capacity and capability) to provide the range of services required for the specified lots .
Within this tender opportunity, BCUHB is seeking to commission the provision of the following:
LOT 1: General Dental Services
LOT 2: Orthodontic Services
LOT 3: Oral Surgery (Intermediate, Tier 2)
LOT 4: Recurrent Non-Urgent Access Sessions
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
14 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
LOT 1: General Dental Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85130000
85131000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL12
UKL11
UKL13
UKL23
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
BCUHB is seeking to commission the provision of further additional dental services aimed at improving access levels across the region, in particular in those areas identified with low access rates and/or high oral health needs.
The Health Board is interested in receiving Expressions of Interest from new or existing Providers wishing to either increase service levels at an existing practice or establish services at a new practice.
The objectives of this Dental Procurement scheme are:
-To introduce additional capacity targeted towards increasing the proportion of the population able to access NHS General Dental Services
-To improve the accessibility to primary care dental services for patients seeking an NHS dentist
-To ensure that provision should be safe, effective, of high quality and available equitably to the whole population.
In order to deliver these objectives, the Health Board wishes to procure additional general dental services targeted at those areas of North Wales identified with existing low levels of access to dental services.
Bidders will be expected to present an accommodation solution for the delivery of the service in their bid proposal.
BCU Health Board Priority Areas by District/Catchment:
Patients within these areas would see the greatest benefit and the areas that should be initially targeted:
-Anglesey
-Arfon
-Conwy West
-Dwyfor and North Meirionydd
-North Denbighshire
-South Flintshire
-South Wrexham
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
No Specified Period or Term
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
LOT 2: Orthodontic Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85131100
85131110
85130000
85131000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL23
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
BCUHB is seeking to commission the provision of Orthodontic Services aimed at improving access levels within the East region.
The Health Board is interested in receiving tender applications from new or existing Providers wishing to either increase service levels at an existing practice or establish services at a new practice.
It should be noted that additional General Dental Services are expected to be commissioned within Wrexham and Flintshire areas to meet the routine treatment needs prior to and between orthodontic assessments
The objectives of this Dental Procurement scheme are:
-To introduce additional capacity targeted towards increasing the proportion of the population able to access NHS Orthodontic Services within the East area.
-To improve the accessibility to Orthodontic Services for patients seeking an NHS dentist within the East area.
-To ensure that provision should be safe, effective, of high quality and available equitably to the whole population.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 120
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
No specified period or term
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
LOT 3: Oral Surgery (Intermediate, Tier 2)
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85130000
85131000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL11
UKL12
UKL13
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
BCUHB is seeking to commission the provision Tier 2 Oral Surgery dental services aimed at improving access levels across the region, in particular in those areas identified with low access rates and/or high oral health needs.
The Health Board is interested in receiving tender applications from new or existing Providers wishing to either increase their current service levels to include this service at an existing practice or establish services at a new practice.
The objectives of this Dental Procurement scheme are:
-To introduce additional capacity targeted towards increasing the proportion of the population able to access NHS Tier 2 Oral Surgery Dental Services in the West and Central areas
-To improve the accessibility to Intermediate Tier Oral Surgery dental services for patients seeking an NHS dentist in the West and Central areas
-To ensure that provision should be safe, effective, of high quality and available equitably to the whole population.
In order to deliver these objectives, the Health Board wishes to procure Oral Surgery (Tier 2) dental services targeted in the West and Central areas with existing low levels of access to Oral Surgery (Tier 2) dental services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 18
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
No specified period or term
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
LOT 4: Recurrent Non-Urgent Access Sessions
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85130000
85131000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL11
UKL12
UKL13
UKL23
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
BCUHB is seeking to commission the provision Non-Urgent Access Sessions aimed at improving access levels across the region, particularly those areas identified with low access rates and/or high oral health needs.
The Health Board is interested in receiving tender applications from new or existing Providers wishing to either increase service levels at an existing practice or establish services at a new practice.
The Access Sessions will enable patients, including sporadic and infrequent attenders, to have:
-a timely dental service offer planned to meet the pattern of how some people want to use services.
-access ongoing oral healthcare and personalised prevention to reduce the reliance on urgent dental care services
-a resumption of normal activity such as work, parenting and education due to prompt access and treatment if there are urgent and ongoing treatment needs.
There is a need for these sessions to accommodate those patients that choose to access NHS Dental Services sporadically or find themselves without a regular dentist or have historically struggled to access an NHS dental practice and require priority, but not urgent, treatment and those patients who were actively receiving NHS treatment and are under an open course of treatment, but the practice is no longer providing NHS dental services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
No specified period or term
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
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