Specialist Led Primary Care Orthodontic Services

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for, and on behalf of, NHS England and NHS Improvement North West who wish to alert the market to the future opportunity of Specialist Led Primary Care Orthodontic Services for the following areas:

• Lot 1 - Cheshire East (East)
• Lot 2 - Cheshire East (South)
• Lot 3 - Blackburn

It is anticipated that the tender live date for this procurement will be early September 2022 with an extended tender period.

The anticipated contract term will be for an initial period of 7 years with the option of a 36 month extension (at the Contracting Authorities discretion) with effect from 1st January 2024.

It is anticipated that TUPE will apply for each lot.

It should be noted that this PIN is an alert to the market only and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this process and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to submit their tender response when the tender becomes available.

The In-Tend e-Tendering portal can be found at:

in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home ↗

Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.

Should you have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by Email: support@in-tend.com or by phone 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm).