Tender Summary

Specialist Secondary Care Dental Services : Lot 1 Orthodontic Level 3b Service - Insourced framework

Buying Organisation

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Contract Value

£600,000

Tender Description

In order to assist with decreasing waiting lists the BSOL Procurement Collaborative, a shared procurement service hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Authority is seeking to award on behalf of Birmingham Community Healthcare to undertake and award suppliers to a framework covering Insourced Specialist Secondary Care Dental Service Trust. This specific advert covers Level 3b Orthodontic Dental Service
The Collaborative is inviting suitably qualified and experienced
Bidders to submit bids for an Insourced Framework Agreement to deliver Level 3b Orthodontic Dental Services through a sub-contract agreement with the Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry. The location from which all work will be undertaken is the Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry, Millpool Way , Edgbaston , Birmingham B5 7EG
The procedure will be undertaken using the Light Touch Regime (LTR), the rules of which are set out in Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
The scope of service for any future framework Lots or the opening up of a Lot will to be confirmed and advertised through Find a Tender and Contracts Finder Notices with the corresponding documents also published
The insourced provision is an end to end consistent pathway of treatment for the patient and is crucial this is undertaken by the same Provider (Dentist) over a period of months or years as required
As this is an insourced service the contract will not be subject to the provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment (TUPE) Regulations 2006 and subsequent amendments of 2014
The commencement date for the framework and subsequent service undertaken by suppliers is 1st March 2023 . The Framework period will be for 3 years ( to 31.3.26) with the option to extend for a further period of up to 12 months
Persons performing the service must
1.must be included on the primary care Dental Performer's list for managing Level 3 patients
2.be registered on the General Dental Council (GDC) specialist list for Orthodontics or,
3.be accredited to undertake Orthodontics work at the competency Level 3b
or a demonstrable experience in Orthodontic care provision
Further details are provided for within the tender documents
Potential bidders ( if not already ) must register on the Proactis portal should they wish to access the tender documents and submit a bid as no documents will e sent directly to potential suppliers. The portal is :
https://procontract.due-north.com/register

Tender categories (products & services required)

Orthodontic services (CPV 85131100)

Region

West Midlands (UKG)

Buyer Information