Official UK procurement notice
Urgent Dental Care Phase 2 - Most Suitable Provider Southwark
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority will use the existing pathway for the development and delivery of a pan-London face-to-face UDC service. The description below provides an outline of the main features of that pathway and the services that will be commissioned under this procurement to support the delivery of the service.
The model requires:
- Patients to be clinically triaged
- Patients to access the UDC service via NHS 111
- Patients to be triaged by The Authority's commissioned dental triage service
- Subject to meeting the acceptance criteria, patients to be allocated appointment slots by the dental triage service
- Patient details to be shared with the UDC Provider via NHS.net email which will include appointment time, medical history and a brief description of symptoms (there is a possibility that the sharing of patient details may change in the future if an electronic referral system is implemented).
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The service will provide urgent dental care for the local population and those…Awarded
The service will provide urgent dental care for the local population and those visiting London from neighbouring regions or overseas, referred to hereafter as London residents.
The objectives of the procurement are to secure services which will:
- Provide a good quality UDC service during the times specified for the specific lot
- Provide good quality care through the consistent use of clinical treatment protocols including the Faculty of General Dental Practice protocols on antimicrobial prescribing.
- Ensure that all patients with an urgent dental need have access to a clinical contact at an appropriate time.
- Ensure that the UDC service works within a 'whole system' approach in providing urgent dental care.
- Foster innovation and continuous improvement in all aspects of the delivery of the UDC service across London
- Enable and support patients to access general, intermediate and specialist dentistry in order to stabilise patients' oral health needs in line with current good practice, i.e. Avoidance of doubt: Provision of Phased Treatments www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2… ↗
- Support patients to stabilise their oral health where necessary
- Enable equitable access to all patients with services not compromised by physical (physical ill-health, learning disabilities, medically compromised, children looked after etc) language, social and economic barriers
- Provide preventive evidence-based oral health advice according to Delivering Better Oral Health 2021 and in line with Making Every Contact Count.
- Provide agreed data recording (including non-attendance) at scheduled intervals to ensure the clinical service is meeting the needs of the population
- Ensure UDC services provide best value for money Additional information: An UDCH is required in every borough of London, following the earlier UDC PRJ1205 tender
Procurement will be following the new PSR (Provider Selection Regime) Most Suitable Provider Route for the borough of Southwark.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Jun 2024, 13:05 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2024, 14:55 BST
- Authority reference
PRJ2019- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021101- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0472bdFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 09/07/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
Publisher note: An UDCH is required in every borough of London, following the earlier UDC PRJ1205 tender Procurement will be following the new PSR (Provider Selection Regime) Most Suitable Provider Route for the borough of Southwark.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
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. Under the new PSR regulations and Based on the assessment and the evidence collected, NHSE confirm that a contract can be awarded under the most suitable provider process. …
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malmin Dental PracticeSME | £3,743,784 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 019542-2024-1 · Malmin Dental PracticeSME
- Signed
- 24 Jun 2024
- Value
- £3,743,784
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS ENGLANDReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Malmin Dental PracticeAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.