NHS South Yorkshire ICB: Whitegates Dental Practice GDS record

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 17:21.

Opportunity overview

The provider should be able to deliver high quality General Dental Services (GDS) to the current cohort of regular patients who have been accessing dental care at Whitegates together with a flow of new patients and patients contacting the practice who require urgent dental treatment.

Awarded to

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Whitegates Dental Practice

Match pending…

Contract value: £167k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 7 Oct 2026
Award ID: 097149-2026-1
Status: active
Location: Doncaster, UKE3, DN2 5BE, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV85130000 — Dental practice and related services

Lots

Due to the sad passing of the incumbent contract holder, NHS SY ICB are planning to use the Most Suitable Provider process to award a new contract to the remaining partner within the Whitegates Dental Practice. Continuing to commission the same level of dentistry at Whitegates Dental Practice would enable the provider to maintain and improve access to dental services in Doncaster and retain the same contracted NHS activity within the constituency area and within the dental practice. It will enable continuity of dental access for the regular patients. The provision of dental services and maintaining patients access to dental services is important in not only improving patients dental health but also relates to other health issues. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process. The value of the contract will be £174,000 per annum. Please note - There is no end date to this contract as it will be a General Dental Service Contract which is let in perpetuity. Therefore, the lifetime value of the contract can not be provided. This is an existing service with a new supplier. The service will start as soon as possibleValue not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7
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 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 decision makers by 26/10/2026. 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: Due to the sad passing of the incumbent contract holder, NHS SY ICB are planning to use the Most Suitable Provider process to award a new contract to the remaining partner within the Whitegates Dental Practice. Continuing to commission the same level of dentistry at Whitegates Dental Practice would enable the provider to maintain and improve access to dental services in Doncaster and retain the same contracted NHS activity within the constituency area and within the dental practice. It will enable continuity of dental access for the regular patients. The provision of dental services and maintaining patients access to dental services is important in not only improving patients dental health but also relates to other health issues. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process. The value of the contract will be £174,000 per annum. Please note - There is no end date to this contract as it will be a General Dental Service Contract which is let in perpetuity. Therefore, the lifetime value of the contract can not be provided. This is an existing service with a new supplier. The service will start as soon as possible
Has Options: No
Status: cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Most suitable provider process with regard to the key criteria
Type: quality
Description: 100

Criterion 2

Name: Cost
Type: cost
Description: 0

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKE3

Delivery Location

Description: Doncaster

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
Id: GB-FTS-113634

Identifier

Legal Name: NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Address

Street Address: 197 Eyre Street
Locality: Sheffield
Region: UKE32
Postal Code: S1 3FG
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Name: Neill Scott
Email: syicb.procurement@nhs.net

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ ↗
Buyer Profile: https://www.southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ ↗

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: Whitegates Dental Practice
Id: GB-FTS-187573

Identifier

Legal Name: Whitegates Dental Practice

Address

Street Address: 103 Thorne Road, Doncaster,
Locality: Doncaster
Region: UKE3
Postal Code: DN2 5BE
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme

Organisation 3

Name: NHS South Yorkshire ICB
Id: GB-FTS-61899

Identifier

Legal Name: NHS South Yorkshire ICB

Address

Street Address: 722 Prince of Wales Road
Locality: Sheffield
Postal Code: S9 4EU
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

reviewContactPoint

Details

Url: https://www.southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk ↗

Award information

Award 1

Id: 097149-2026-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-187573
Name: Whitegates Dental Practice

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 097149-2026-1
Award ID: 097149-2026-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 8 Oct 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 167,000
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Sheffield · UKE32 · S1 3FG · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKE3

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

097149-2026award, contract · 14 Oct 2026, 15:43

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board published a record concerning continuation of General Dental Services at Whitegates Dental Practice in Doncaster. The structured record shows an active award and an active contract with a dateSigned of 8 October 2026, but the notice narrative describes an intention to award, says the contract had not yet formally been awarded, and the only lot is marked cancelled.

Published outcome signals

Published notice statusPublished as an award, contract notice on 14 October 2026Evidence: Release history tags the notice as award and contract; published_at is 2026-10-14T15:43:33+01:00.
Structured award recordActiveEvidence: Award 097149-2026-1 has status active.
Structured contract recordActive; date signed recorded as 8 October 2026Evidence: Contract 097149-2026-1 has status active and dateSigned 2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00.

78% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 097149-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7
First published: 14 Oct 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 17:21
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 17 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

Whitegates Dental Practice is the supplier named on the active award record for lot 1. Its legal company identity is unverified because the completed matching workflow found no safe Companies House match.

Market significance

The notice describes continuity of NHS dental access and existing NHS activity in Doncaster. Published financial information is inconsistent: the contract record states £167,000 while the lot narrative states £174,000 per annum.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Whitegates Dental Practice

86% confidence

Award 097149-2026-1 · Lots 1 · Unknown: no award-level value is published; contract and lot narrative values conflict GBP · Named on an active award record; supplier legal identity unverified

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Award 097149-2026-1 names Whitegates Dental Practice as supplier and relates to lot 1. Supplier verification status is checked_unmatched.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Published notice status

98% confidence

Published as an award, contract notice on 14 October 2026

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Release history tags the notice as award and contract; published_at is 2026-10-14T15:43:33+01:00.

Structured award record

95% confidence

Active

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Award 097149-2026-1 has status active.

Structured contract record

95% confidence

Active; date signed recorded as 8 October 2026

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Contract 097149-2026-1 has status active and dateSigned 2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00.

Narrative procurement position

98% confidence

Intention to award; narrative says the contract had not yet formally been awarded

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The procurement rationale states that this is a PSR intention to award notice and that the contract had not yet formally been awarded.

Lot status

98% confidence

Cancelled

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Lot 1 is marked cancelled in the tender data.

VALUES

Published values explained

Structured contract value

95% confidence

£167,000

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Contract 097149-2026-1 records value amount 167000 GBP.

Lot narrative value

95% confidence

£174,000 per annum

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Lot 1 narrative states that the contract value will be £174,000 per annum.

Lifetime value

96% confidence

Not provided

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Lot 1 narrative says the General Dental Service contract is let in perpetuity and its lifetime value cannot be provided.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signature date recorded

95% confidence

8 October 2026

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The contract record has dateSigned 2026-10-08.

Notice publication

98% confidence

14 October 2026

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Published_at and release date are 2026-10-14.

Representations deadline stated

95% confidence

26 October 2026

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The procurement rationale says representations must be made by 26/10/2026.

Service start

93% confidence

As soon as possible; no fixed date supplied

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 narrative says the service will start as soon as possible; process contract_start_at is null.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

96% confidence

General Dental Services, including care for existing regular patients, new patients and urgent dental treatment

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Process description.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 85130000 — Dental practice and related services

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Tender classification.

Delivery area

96% confidence

Doncaster (UKE3)

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Item delivery location is Doncaster and delivery address region is UKE3.

Continuity objective

94% confidence

Maintain dental access and contracted NHS activity at Whitegates Dental Practice

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Lot 1 narrative describes continuity for regular patients and retention of contracted NHS activity.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure recorded

98% confidence

Limited procedure / award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

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Process procurement_method is limited and procurement_method_details states award procedure without prior publication.

Regime stated in narrative

97% confidence

Provider Selection Regime (PSR), Most Suitable Provider process

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Procurement rationale and lot narrative.

Evaluation criteria

95% confidence

Most suitable provider process key criteria: quality 100; cost 0

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Lot 1 awardCriteria lists quality 100 and cost 0.

Competition information

99% confidence

Number of bidders and comparative evaluation results unknown

View supporting evidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Duration

94% confidence

No end date stated; narrative describes the GDS contract as let in perpetuity

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 narrative; process contract_end_at is null.

Options

98% confidence

No options

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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.

Contract conclusion status

99% confidence

Unclear due to conflicting structured and narrative fields

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The contract record is active with a signed date, while the rationale says it is an intention to award and not formally awarded; lot 1 is cancelled.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial continuity

93% confidence

The notice characterises this as an existing service with a new supplier and links the award to continuity of local dental access.

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Lot 1 narrative.

Incumbent context

94% confidence

The narrative says the incumbent contract holder had died and refers to awarding to the remaining partner at the practice.

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Lot 1 narrative.

Value reporting caution

99% confidence

The £167,000 structured contract value and £174,000 annual narrative value are inconsistent and should not be reconciled without clarification.

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Contract value field and lot 1 narrative.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

78%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7
Analysed: 17 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

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Buyer party and process buyer_name.

Buyer type

95% confidence

Body governed by public law; health function

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Buyer party classifications list BODY_PUBLIC and COFOG 07 Health.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Named supplier

93% confidence

Whitegates Dental Practice (unverified source name)

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The supplier party, award record and source supplier name use Whitegates Dental Practice; supplier identity status is checked_unmatched.

Supplier scale

90% confidence

SME

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Supplier party details list scale as sme.

Identity verification

99% confidence

Completed matching workflow found no safe Companies House match

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supplier_identity_status is checked_unmatched and lookupDecision is still_unmatched.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Renewal estimate

98% confidence

Not available

View supporting evidence

No explicit contract end date is supplied; the lot narrative instead describes a perpetual GDS contract.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Conflicting lifecycle evidence

99% confidence

Structured award and contract records are active and include a signature date, but the narrative says this is only an intention to award and the lot is cancelled.

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Award/contract records, procurement rationale and lot status.

Conflicting financial evidence

99% confidence

The published contract value is £167,000, whereas the lot narrative states £174,000 per annum.

View supporting evidence

Contract value and lot 1 narrative.

Supplier identity limitation

99% confidence

Whitegates Dental Practice is an unverified source name; the Companies House matching workflow completed without a safe match.

View supporting evidence

supplier_identity_status checked_unmatched; lookupDecision still_unmatched.

Unpublished information

98% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice includes a fixed service start date, contract end date, award date, bidder count, individual evaluation results and pricing reconciliation.

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Relevant fields are null or absent.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The record contains unresolved lifecycle contradictions: active award and contract fields, a recorded signature date, intention-to-award wording, and a cancelled lot.
Published financial fields conflict: £167,000 in the contract record versus £174,000 per annum in the lot narrative.
The named supplier has no verified legal company identity: the completed Companies House matching workflow returned checked_unmatched.
Information not supplied in the published notice includes award date, fixed start date, end date, bid count, evaluation results, individual lot value and a pricing reconciliation.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is named on the award record?

Whitegates Dental Practice is named on active award 097149-2026-1. The source name remains unverified because no safe Companies House match was found.

What is the contract value?

The structured contract record states £167,000, while the lot narrative states £174,000 per annum. The notice does not reconcile these figures.

Is the contract definitively concluded?

The record is contradictory: it contains an active contract with a recorded signature date, but the narrative says it is an intention to award and not formally awarded, and the lot is cancelled.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

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Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Whitegates Dental Practice

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Award criteria

Criteria

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Delivery Location

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Value

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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