NHSE937 Dental Services to be delivered from HM Prison Full Sutton and HM Prison Millsike.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire (the Contracting Authority), who undertook a procurement to commission Dental Services to be delivered from HMP Full Sutton and HMP Millsike.

The contract term is for 5 years and 10 months, with effect from 01 June 2024, with the option to extend for a further 3 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.

It is to be noted that as HMP Millsike is a new build facility, the first year of the contract will be for mobilisation and no services will be delivered until 01 April 2025.

The closing date for submission of tenders was 12 noon on 06 December 2023. 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, bidders were 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.

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Tender documentation was available on the e-tendering site from 01 November 2023.