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Published 23 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DENTAL CUSTOM-MADE CONSUMABLES · UK public procurement notice

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Hull University Teaching Hospitals (Central government)·On behalf of: York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Trust is exploring options for the future provision of Bespoke Dental Custom-Made Consumables, including but not limited to Crowns, Bridges, Dentures, Sleep Apnea, Mandibular Advancement Device

CPV: Dental implant · Orthodontic devices · Prosthodontic and relining products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
33132000 Dental implant33135000 Orthodontic devices33138000 Prosthodontic and relining products

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

Competition for Dental and subspecialty instruments and devices (CPV 3313), and who usually turns up

Hull University Teaching Hospitals has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. No delivery region is published, so no market column stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Dental and subspecialty instruments and devices (CPV 3313) →

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Lot #1CPV 331336 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£500k
Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 252 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet24% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 252 similar lots
1 bid24%
60 of 252 similar past lots received 1 bid (24%).
2–335%
88 of 252 similar past lots received 2–3 (35%).
4–621%
52 of 252 similar past lots received 4–6 (21%).
7+21%
52 of 252 similar past lots received 7+ (21%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £500k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
Last source update
23 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
Authority reference
W232403
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069601
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Dental implantOrthodontic devicesProsthodontic and relining products
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d1a0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published91 days ago
    23 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
  2. Market engagement21 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    For expression of interests and clarification questions, please contact: [email protected]

    No events planned at this time, but we are not ruling out any potential meeting for supplier days.

  3. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 161 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Hull University Teaching Hospitals

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PMHR-8276-ZJHQ HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY, HULL, Yorkshire & Humber, HU3 2JZContact name, email

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure