Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for the Provision of Dental Solutions
Authority: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (“UHCW”) (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis Tender is to establish a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Dental Solutions and will encompass the following Lots:
Lot (1) Dental Solutions Managed Service
Lot (2) Orthodontic Materials
Lot (3) Dental Implants, Biologics and Facial Aesthetics
Lot (4) Outsourced Dental Laboratory Services
Lot (5) Dental Consumables
Lot (6) Dental Equipment and Digital Dental Technologies (inclusive of Repairs and Maintenance)
Lot (7) Mini-Competition
The duration of the Framework Agreement will be 3 years for the initial period with an option of extending for up to 12 months.
CPV: Acrylic teeth · Dental X-ray · Dental and subspecialty instruments and devices · Dental chairs · Dental consumables · Dental implant · Dental impression accessories · Dental kits · Dental practice and related services · Dental prophylaxis accessories · Dental workstations · Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use · +6 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 5 bids on the busiest of 5 lots · 5 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published valueEvery one of these 4 lots carries the same published figure, £5,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental SolutionsAwardedRenewalceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide the Provision of Dental Solutions (One-Stop-Shop) incorporating the following Goods and Services:
- Dental Consumables
- Dental Equipment (inclusive of any ongoing Repairs, Maintenance) and Total Asset Management
- Dental Software Solutions
- Dental Workforce
- Digital Dental Technologies
- Turn-Key Solutions
Lot #2Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental SolutionsAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
Under this Lot the supplier will provide Orthodontic Materials
Lot #3Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental SolutionsAwardedRenewalceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide Dental Implants, Biologics and Facial Aesthetics:
Lot #4Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental SolutionsRenewalPublished value£3,000,000
Under this Lot the supplier will provide Outsourced Dental Laboratory Services
TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this framework agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk ↗. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected]. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register ↗ and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at [email protected]. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.
Lot #5Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental SolutionsAwardedRenewalceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide Dental Consumables.
Lot #6Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental SolutionsAwardedRenewalceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide Digital Equipment and Digital Dental Technologies (inclusive of repairs and maintenance)
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Economic & financial standing
HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
- Technical & professional ability
HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
- “Framework Agreement for the Provision of Dental Solutions” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 10 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Jun 2022, 15:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Feb 2022 – …
- Authority reference
SF052182- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016835- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030951Find a Tender
- Review procedure
HTE will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: HTE is a central purchasing body who is able to carry out this tender exercise by virtue of its appointment as an agent of UHCW. Notwithstanding HTE’s relationship with UHCW, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as framework agreement users: (1) All National Health Service (NHS) bodies in England, including but not limited to (i) acute trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx); (ii) health and care trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx); (iii) mental health trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx); (iv) clinical commissioning groups (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx); (v) ambulance trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx (vi) area teams (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx); (vii) special health authorities (http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx); (viii) NHS England; and (ix) clinical senates and strategic clinical networks. (2) All NHS bodies in Wales, including but not limited to all (i) health boards; (ii) NHS trusts; (iii) the national delivery group; (iv) community health councils; and (v) NHS Wales shared services partnership (as listed at http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure. (3) All NHS bodies in Northern Ireland (known as Health & Social Care), including but not limited to:(i) health and social care trusts (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=Trust (ii) health agencies (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=health+agencies (iii) hospitals (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=hospitals; and (iv) the Health and Social Care Board. (4) Social enterprises undertaking some or all of the previous service provider functions of contracting authorities in relation to health and/or social care services (including charitable incorporated organisations, cooperatives, industrial and provident societies and community interest companies listed on the Companies House WebCheck service). (5) Ministerial departments and non-ministerial departments of central government, non-departmental agencies and other public bodies, and public corporations (as listed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations). (6) Devolved governmental and parliamentary organisations within the UK, including but not limited to the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, and Scottish public bodies (as listed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies), as well as the Welsh Government, Welsh Assembly and Welsh unitary authorities (as listed at: http://www.assembly.wales/en/abthome/role-of-assembly-how-it- works/Pages/governance-of-wales.aspx (7) All local authorities (as listed at: http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/Start.do?mode=1) (8) The Ministry of Defence (as detailed at:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence). This list includes each organisation’s successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisation created due to any organisational changes. This framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex I of Directive 2014/24/EU, in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organisation.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bids opened
- 21 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT
Timeline
7 Feb 2022 → 20 Jun 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened21 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Notice published20 Jun 2022, 15:13 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jun 2022- Status changed to complete20 Jun 2022, 15:13 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Jun 2022, 15:13 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £5,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Dental Solutions
- Signed
- 13 Jun 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Orthodontic Materials
- Signed
- 13 Jun 2022
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Dental Implants, Biologics and Facial Aesthetics
- Signed
- 13 Jun 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dental Consumables
- Signed
- 13 Jun 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dental Equipment and Digital Dental Technologies
- Signed
- 13 Jun 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental Solutions | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental Solutions | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental Solutions | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 5 · Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental Solutions | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 6 · Framework Agreement with Access Pricing Via Direct Award for the Provision of Dental Solutions | 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- HealthTrust Europe LLPReview bodyReview contact point
- Legal Department, HealthTrust EuropeMediation body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- Biomet 3I UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Carestream Dental LimitedFramework contractor
- DD Products and Services LtdFramework contractor
- DD Products and Services LtdFramework contractor
- Dentsply IH LimitedFramework contractor
- Henry Schein UK Holdings LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.