Official UK procurement notice
Provision of NHS Primary Care Personal Dental Services Ammanford
Authority: Hywel Dda University Health Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe commissioning body Hywel Dda University Health Board has awarded a contract for the provision of General Dental Services for Hywel Dda University Health Board within a 3-mile radius of Ammanford center.
The aims for general dental service provision within Ammanford are:
1.To provide access for the local population to NHS Dental Services
2.To deliver appropriate, quality, efficient and cost-effective services within the mandatory and potential additional services framework of the Personal Dental Services (PDS) regulations and agreement and the Welsh Government (WG) Dental Contract Reform (DCR) Programme and the associated GDS/PDS Contract Variation in respect of contract reform elements.
3.To develop services in line with the Welsh Government and Hywel Dda University Health Board’s aim for Primary Care Dental provision to improve the oral health of the population and contribute to reduction in health inequalities
4.To provide high quality General Dental Services and potentially additional enhanced services that meet the specific needs of diverse population groups within the Health Board (HB) area, including flexibility of appointment times.
5.To establish a positive working relationship between the HB and other professional groups to facilitate and maximise service delivery
6.To deliver services in a Multi-Disciplinary Team approach (MDT) aligned to the requirements of contract reform and following WG approach to develop and optomise the available skill mix.
7.To deliver NHS Dental Services in line with the annual interim/contract variation guidance issued by WG for the transition of service delivery under contract reform
CPV: Community health services · Dental practice and related services · Dental-practice services · Provision of services to the community
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The ITT will be conducted via an invitation to tender (ITT) via Bravo eTenderWales,…AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,870,000
The ITT will be conducted via an invitation to tender (ITT) via Bravo eTenderWales, using the Light Touch Regime procedure, inviting bids from suppliers, to include local suppliers and Welsh SMEs.
The indicative number of patients to be served by the practice is up to 5,700 patients per annum, once the practice is fully operational.
Providers will need to describe how they intend to engage with existing organisations and agencies in the locality to maximise their impact on the oral health of the local population. This will require developing effective local partnerships with existing organisations that can help in the task of reaching the more difficult to reach patients who have genuine needs. Additional information: For additional information please contact Lewis Wells via Bravo.
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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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 100
- Price: 0
- Suitability
Clinical Services
The contract is offered under the terms of the NHS (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006 and subsequent amendments plus a Dental Contract Reform Contact Variation/Service Level Agreement. The PDS regulations detail mandatory services and additional services. The clinical services to be provided are those deemed as mandatory services and as a minimum, the provider must meet the requirements of the NHS (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006 in all aspects relating to the provision of mandatory services. The DCR expectations are set out in the GDS DCR programme principles Appendix A
The services will meet the requirements of the contract terms of Hywel Dda University Health Board and the Welsh Government model PDS agreement.
The contract excludes the following additional services:
Orthodontics
Sedation Services
Domiciliary Services
Minor Oral Surgery
The HB wants to encourage the development of enhanced skills across the entire dental team and to encourage increasing DFT places and training Practices in the area. This is in line with the current dental contract reform process currently being undertaken by Welsh Government. The current tender is for a contract reform practice. The HB would give consideration to a potential placement for a GDP fellow/DFT+ scheme if an appropriate educational environment and programme structure could be provided. Please provide expressions of interest/potential plans as part of the …
- Technical & professional ability
Dental Service.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
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 Aug 2022, 08:54 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Feb 2023, 12:03 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Sept 2022 – …
- Authority reference
HDD-OJEULT-50824- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-003244- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03602eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (WA Ref:128758)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html ↗
- Submission deadline
- 28 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 28 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
28 Sept 2022 → 2 Feb 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline28 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts6 Jan 2023
- Notice published2 Feb 2023, 12:03 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Feb 2023, 12:03 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOWER HEALTHCARE DENTAL LTDSME | £4,870,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 003244-2023-1 · GOWER HEALTHCARE DENTAL LTDSME
- Signed
- 1 Feb 2023
- Value
- £4,870,000
- Period
- … – 5 Jan 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Gower Healthcare Dental LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria