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Community Dental Service - Special Care & Paediatric Dental Services

NHS HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 17:32.

Opportunity overview

The service delivers specialist dental care for: Adults and children with physical, learning, or developmental disabilities. Patients with severe dental anxiety or behavioural challenges. Individuals requiring sedation or general anaesthetic (GA). Housebound or medically complex patients requiring domiciliary care.

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.

Classification

  • CPV85130000 — Dental practice and related services

Lots

  • Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB intends to award a contract for the provision of Special Care and Paediatric Dental (SCPD) services via Direct Award Process C, in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and internal governance procedures. Current SCPD contractual arrangements delivered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are due to expire on 31 March 2026. A direct award for 18 months from 1 April 2026, with an option to extend by 6 months, is required to ensure service continuity. The Special Care and Paediatric Dental (SCPD) services delivers specialist dental care for: •Adults and children with physical, learning, or developmental disabilities. •Patients with severe dental anxiety or behavioural challenges. •Individuals requiring sedation or general anaesthetic (GA). •Housebound or medically complex patients requiring domiciliary care. The service includes: •Comprehensive clinical assessment and treatment planning. •Paediatric dentistry, including complex cases and GA lists. •Special Care Dentistry provided by trained specialists. •Sedation (inhalation, IV where applicable). •Domiciliary dental care. •Multi disciplinary pathways with acute hospitals, safeguarding teams, community services and social care. •Oral health promotion and prevention programmes. •Data reporting, performance monitoring and service evaluation. This service ensures safe, equitable access for vulnerable patients who cannot be treated in general dental practice due to complexity of need. The estimated lifetime value of the service is £26,936,827.12, the contract is due to commence on 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2027 with an optional 6 month extension up to 31 March 2028.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-066df0
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
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 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by Midnight 31 of March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
85130000
Description
Dental practice and related services

Procedure reasons

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

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB intends to award a contract for the provision of Special Care and Paediatric Dental (SCPD) services via Direct Award Process C, in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and internal governance procedures. Current SCPD contractual arrangements delivered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are due to expire on 31 March 2026. A direct award for 18 months from 1 April 2026, with an option to extend by 6 months, is required to ensure service continuity. The Special Care and Paediatric Dental (SCPD) services delivers specialist dental care for: •Adults and children with physical, learning, or developmental disabilities. •Patients with severe dental anxiety or behavioural challenges. •Individuals requiring sedation or general anaesthetic (GA). •Housebound or medically complex patients requiring domiciliary care. The service includes: •Comprehensive clinical assessment and treatment planning. •Paediatric dentistry, including complex cases and GA lists. •Special Care Dentistry provided by trained specialists. •Sedation (inhalation, IV where applicable). •Domiciliary dental care. •Multi disciplinary pathways with acute hospitals, safeguarding teams, community services and social care. •Oral health promotion and prevention programmes. •Data reporting, performance monitoring and service evaluation. This service ensures safe, equitable access for vulnerable patients who cannot be treated in general dental practice due to complexity of need. The estimated lifetime value of the service is £26,936,827.12, the contract is due to commence on 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2027 with an optional 6 month extension up to 31 March 2028.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ3

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
NHS HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Id
GB-NHS-QRL

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Id
QRL
Scheme
GB-NHS

Address

Street Address
Omega House 112 Southampton Road
Locality
Eastleigh
Region
UKJ3
Postal Code
SO50 5PB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
07
Description
Health
Organisation 2
Name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (HIOW NHSFT)
Id
GB-NHS-RW1

Identifier

Legal Name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (HIOW NHSFT)
Id
RW1
Scheme
GB-NHS

Address

Locality
Southampton
Region
UKJ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
NHS England
Id
GB-FTS-7114

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS England

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
024744-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-NHS-RW1
Name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (HIOW NHSFT)

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
024744-2026-1
Award ID
024744-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
17 Mar 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
26,936,827.12
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Eastleigh · UKJ3 · SO50 5PB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ3

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 024744-2026award, contract ·