The Oral Health Centre of Western Australia Service Review

The Department of Health (Department) has a contract with the University of WA (UWA) to provide general and specialist public dental care to eligible consumers at the Oral Health Centre of WA (OHCWA). The Contract commenced on 1 January 2002 and expires on 30 June 2022.

The contract is managed by the Department with OHCWA providing the services to consumers with a Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card. This service is provided within a teaching environment under the auspice of the UWA.

Specialist services provided by OHCWA include:

• Endodontics;
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery;
• Oral Medicine;
• Oral Pathology;
• Oral Surgery;
• Orthodontics;
• Paediatric Dentistry;
• Periodontics; and
• Prosthodontics.

The Department requires a Contractor to conduct a review of the services provided by OHCWA under the contract. The outcome and recommendations of the review will inform the procurement process for these oral health services into the future. The review should be provided in accordance with the State Oral Health Plan 2016-2020 which isdesigned to guide policy makers, service providers, health workers and other stakeholders to identify and build opportunities to work together to improve the oral health outcomes of all Western Australians.

The Term of this Contract is six (6) months. There is one (1) option to extend the Term, available at the absolute discretion of the Department, with this option having a two (2) month duration.