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The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk

NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 11:33.

Opportunity overview

The service delivers unscheduled dental care to the general public on weekends and bank holidays from Nash House, Ipswich and Saxon House, Bury St Edmunds. The agreement is based on sessions; 8am to 4pm Saturday, 8am to 4pm Sunday and 8am to 4pm each public Bank Holiday at each of the two sites. Service referrals are via NHS111.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Community Dental Services CIC

Matched by number
Contract value
£259.8k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
11 Sept 2025
Award ID
067685-2025-10372600000-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 07476618
Location
Sharnbrook, UKH25, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85130000 — Dental practice and related services

Lots

  • The service delivers unscheduled dental care to the general public on weekends and bank holidays from Nash House, Ipswich and Saxon House, Bury St Edmunds. The agreement is based on sessions; 8am to 4pm Saturday, 8am to 4pm Sunday and 8am to 4pm each public Bank Holiday at each of the two sites. Service referrals are via NHS111. - Start date of 1st April 2026 and end date of 31st March 2027. One year contract, paid in 12 equal monthly instalments, for an annual contract value of £259,776.74 NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05d222
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight Tuesday 4th November 2025 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). They should be submitted in writing to procurement@snee.nhs.uk. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Insert Award decision-makers: SNEE ICB Dental Committee 12th September 2025 • No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes. The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows: • Quality and Innovation - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Quality Impact Assessment. • Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the integrated care system and the cost of change would not be outweighed by the potential benefit of a new provider. • Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. • Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Equality Impact Assessment. • Social Value - Assured- SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the SNEE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Sustainability Impact Assessment.

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C Contract award date: 23rd October 2025 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2027 Lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be: Value excluding VAT: £259,776.74 There was no review during the standstill period.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85130000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Dental practice and related services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
The service delivers unscheduled dental care to the general public on weekends and bank holidays from Nash House, Ipswich and Saxon House, Bury St Edmunds. The agreement is based on sessions; 8am to 4pm Saturday, 8am to 4pm Sunday and 8am to 4pm each public Bank Holiday at each of the two sites. Service referrals are via NHS111. - Start date of 1st April 2026 and end date of 31st March 2027. One year contract, paid in 12 equal monthly instalments, for an annual contract value of £259,776.74 NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH14

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-QJG
Name
NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH14
Locality
Ipswich
Postal Code
IP12BX
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Endeavour House, Russell Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Id
QJG
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-07476618
Name
Community Dental Services CIC

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH25
Locality
Sharnbrook
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
07476618
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
Community Dental Services CIC
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-66558
Name
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Ipswich
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board

Award information

Award 1
Id
067685-2025-10372600000-1
Title
The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-07476618
Name
Community Dental Services CIC

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
067685-2025-10372600000-1
Title
The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk
Status
active
Award ID
067685-2025-10372600000-1
Date Signed
12 Sept 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
259,776.74
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Ipswich · UKH14 · IP12BX · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH14

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05d222-2025-11-25T11:56:53Zcompiled ·