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Published 31 Mar 2023, 15:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of General Dental Services in Swansea

Official notice

Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£25,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 May 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Health Board will seek to offer additional Units of Dental Activity to existing full NHS contracts, or for the development of a new dental practice, under the terms of the NHS (General Dental Services Agreement) (Wales) Regulations 2006.

Providers wishing to apply to increase their current GDS contract value must therefore meet all the legal requirements of the General Dental Services (GDS) contract. In addition, you must have recent demonstrable experience of successful delivery of NHS dental services and must be able to guarantee that additional workforce capacity is available at your practice to deliver any additional contract value that may be awarded.

CPV: Dental practice and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Providers wishing to apply to increase their current GDS contract value must therefore…

Providers wishing to apply to increase their current GDS contract value must therefore meet all the legal requirements of the General Dental Services (GDS) contract. In addition, you must have recent demonstrable experience of successful delivery of NHS dental services and must be able to guarantee that additional workforce capacity is available at your practice to deliver any additional contract value that may be awarded.

The Health Board will also welcome applications for a new dental practice to be set up within the Swansea area. If a new practice application is successful, this will be subject to the issue of a Personal Dental Contract (PDS), for an initial period of 3 years Following this period, the Health Board will review the service provision, and if all contract activity is at an acceptable level, a General Dental Services (GDS) contract will be issued, to replace the PDS contract, in line with Regulation 21 of the Personal Dental Services Regulations (2006).

Delivery: Wales
Variant bids: not allowed

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
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    Refer to tender documentation for full specification

  • Technical & professional ability

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

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
Closed
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
31 Mar 2023, 15:27 BST
Last source update
31 Mar 2023, 15:27 BST
Award evaluation window
9 May 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009514
Classification (CPV)
Dental practice and related services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL18)
Official registry OCID
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Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed
Performance terms

Refer to specification

Publisher note: Please contact Julie Williams, Procurement Business Manager to register your interest. [email protected] NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=130436 (WA Ref:130436)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/ ↗

Submission deadline
9 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
9 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 Mar 2023 → 9 May 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    31 Mar 2023, 15:27 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    9 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    9 May 2023, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Wales SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Block A, Neath Port Talbot Hospital, NEATH, UK, SA12 7BXContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria