Official UK procurement notice
Dental Electronic Referral Management System Services (DeRMS)
Authority: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Central government)·On behalf of: NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North East (UKC)
Published estimate£2,964,500≈ £593k / year · £2,964,500 inc. VAT0.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Oct 2025awarded 28 Nov 2025
Awarded to Referral Management Services Limited
Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Jun 2031 · up to 30 Jun 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDental Electronic Referral Management System Service for the North East of England
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,964,500
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 12 Sept 2025, 10:10 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2025, 16:22 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
NHSE1065- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056059- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059920Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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- Submission deadline
- 17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
12 Sept 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published12 Sept 2025, 10:10 BST
- Submission deadline369 days ago17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent309 days ago17 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published309 days ago17 Dec 2025, 16:22 GMT
- Award decision expected by308 days ago17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts113 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Sept 2025- Tender notice published12 Sept 2025, 10:10 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published17 Dec 2025, 16:22 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Dec 2025, 16:22 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £2,954,5001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Referral Management Services LimitedSMEDental Electronic Referral Management System Service for the North East of England1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2031 · up to 30 Jun 2033Extensions: Contract is for a period of 5 years with the optional extension of 2 years | £2,954,500 | 28 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNITProcess contact pointProcuring entityCommissioning Support Unit (NHS)
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- REFERRAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Documents are available under search function. search for NHSE1065
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender