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Published 19 Jul 2024, 14:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Oral Health Promotion Service

Official notice

Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£300,000≈ £150k / year
Submissions closed 19 Aug 2024awarded 18 Sept 2024
Awarded to Community Dental Services CIC
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Oct 2026 · starts 1 Nov 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Public Health Suffolk (‘The Authority’) wishes to commission a Suffolk Children and Young Peoples Oral Health Promotion Service (‘the service’). The service will ensure delivery of the Children and Young Peoples Oral Health Promotion across the Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) boundary in Suffolk for children and young people, aged 0-18 years, and their families. Extending up to the age of 25 years for young people with Special Educational Needs and / or Disabilities (SEND). The service will support families to ensure that children grow up with healthy teeth and gums.The contract period is 1st November 2024 - 31st October 2026. The total contract value is £300,000 excluding VAT. The deadline for submissions is 19th August 2024 at 12noon.

CPV: Community health services · Dental practice and related services · Dental-practice services · Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 yrsPublished value£300,000

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90%
  • Value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90
  • Value: 10
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documentation.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Jul 2024, 14:46 BST
Last source update
6 Dec 2024, 13:31 GMT
Award evaluation window
19 Aug 2024 – …
Authority reference
2024/S 000-029878
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039431
Classification (CPV)
Community health servicesDental practice and related servicesDental-practice servicesHealth services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0482ec Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Suffolk County Council (SCC) incorporates a minimum 8 working day standstill period which begins on the day after the notice of intention to award or conclude is published and, unless a written representation is made, ends at midnight of the eighth working day after the day the standstill period begins. If any representations are received during this period, then the standstill period will remain open until we provide any requested information, consider the representations, and make a further decision. Should a provider remain unsatisfied with our response or decision, and remains of the view that the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 have not been applied correctly, the provider may submit a further representation to the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel within 5 working days of our decision.

Publisher note: 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 day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 30th September 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 written representations to the Council must be submitted via Suffolk Sourcing by the end of the Standstill Period. The award has been approved by the Head of Children & Families, Public Health & Communities, Suffolk County Council following a robust evaluation process undertaken by a diverse tender evaluation panel. In line with Suffolk County Council's Code of Conduct, employees must declare in writing any personal or financial interests, which could reasonably be considered to conflict with the Council's interests. In addition, we also have a Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Declaration Form, which is specific to individual procurements. The evaluation panel was asked to complete and return these before they were given access to any tender responses. No conflicts or potential conflicts of interest were identified. The key award criteria were weighted as follows: - Quality and Innovation 20%- Value 10%- Integration, collaboration and service sustainability 35%- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice 25%- Social Value 10% Key criteria 1 was allocated a 20% weighting due to a focus on ensuring that the provider would: - have sufficient governance and quality assurance processes in place to consistently deliver high quality services, and - seek out and implement new and significant improvements in the oral health promotion service.Key criteria 2 was allocated a 10% weighting to reflect our interest in the provider's approach to cost efficiency, financial management and financial sustainability, as opposed to their bottom line bid price. Key criteria 3 and 4 were allocated the highest weightings (35% and 25% respectively) due to a strong emphasis on the need for assurance that the services would: - be provided in an integrated and collaborative way, with a clear focus on improving health outcomes, and - improve accessibility to services and treatments, whilst addressing health inequalities in the local area. Key criteria 5 was allocated a 10% weighting in line with SCC's 'Social Value Ask'. This was still considered adequate for providers to demonstrate their credentials in this area, with a weighting influential enough to impact their status in the procurement process. The successful provider achieved the highest overall score for the key award criteria.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Aug 2024 → 6 Dec 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Nov 2024
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Nov 2024, 23:59 GMT
  5. Notice published
    6 Dec 2024, 13:31 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Sept 2024, 15:27 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextVI.3—This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process.The contract was awarded …

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Community Dental Services CIC£300,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Suffolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Endeavour House, Russell Road, IPSWICH, East of England, IP1 2BXContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria