Market Engagement Event for the Provision of Personal Dental Services (PDS) within Oswestry, Shropshire

NHS England and NHS Improvement Midlands is looking for a supplier to provide general dental services to Oswestry, Shropshire under a Personal Dental Services (PDS) contract to adults and children in a primary care setting. The key aims and objectives are to a) improve access to a sustainable NHS dental service that meets the access requirements for local patient groups; b) deliver oral health promotion and disease prevention activities to all patients and c) ensure that the service is delivered in line with the Personal Dental Services Agreements Regulations 2005 (as amended).

Subject to sign off by NHSE Governance boards, if approved the contract will have a term of 7 years with the option to extend for a period or periods totalling up to no more than 3 years, taking the maximum available contract term to 10 years. The practice will be required to be open for the core minimum hours between 09:00 and 17:00 (including a provision to close for lunch) Monday to Friday, with additional hours to meet patient access expectations and to achieve the expected UDA delivery per financial year.

The UDA rate will be set at the area average which is currently £26.74. This will be subject to 20/21 DDRB (Doctors and Dentist Review Body) uplift prior to the service commencement date and thereafter subject to DDRB annual uplift each year thereafter for the life of the contract.

This is in line with the current UDA average for Shropshire and Staffordshire. An infrastructure fund of up to £100,000 will be available to cover premises and equipment set up costs only.

A 6-month mobilisation period is envisaged with a projected Service Commencement date of 1st April 2021. The services must be operational on the expected service commencement date of 1st April 2021.

The services may commence earlier if the successful provider can mobilise quicker and subject ultimately to the Commissioners approval. Additional information: An expression of interest in this PIN will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise.

The subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement when published. If you wish to express an interest and register for the Market Engagement Event, please register on the EU Supply website https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK.

Quote/tender 39079- Market Engagement Event for the Provision of Personal Dental Services in Oswestry and confirm the representatives attending on behalf of your organisation at the market engagement event. Event details will only be sent to those organisations who have confirmed their attendance. Please note the deadline for responses is by 5pm on Wednesday 18th March 2020.