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

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 Doc 2 and 4 off 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