Official UK procurement notice
Dental Laboratory Work for PDSE
Authority: University of Plymouth (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPeninsula Dental Social Enterprise CIC (PDSE) was founded in 2013 and is responsible for running four Dental Education Facilities across the Southwest, with clinics in Exeter, Truro and two in Plymouth. Treatment is provided by a combination of The University of Plymouth’s Peninsula Dental School students (supervised by a team of qualified dentists) and a team of qualified employed dentists. These are supported by a dedicated staff team of dental nurses, hygiene therapists and clinical dental technician. There are currently 426 students, of which 336 are undertaking a 5 year BDS Dental Surgery and the remaining 90, a 3 year BSc in Dental Therapy and Hygiene. BDS students are required to undertake a minimum number of patients requiring various treatment types, many of which will require lab work.
CPV: Dental consumables
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,300,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 50%
- Cost: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 50%
- Cost: 50%
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Jul 2023, 14:54 BST
- Last source update
- 23 May 2025, 09:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Aug 2023 – …
- Authority reference
EW&LS/UoP/PDSE_Labs/030/023- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025533- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03df72Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 4 Aug 2023, 12:05 BST
Timeline
4 Aug 2023 → 23 May 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline4 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened4 Aug 2023, 12:05 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published23 May 2025, 09:09 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jan 2024- Status changed to complete15 Jan 2024, 12:19 GMT
- Buyer details updated23 May 2025, 09:09 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Dental Laboratory LimitedSME | — | — | Awarded |
| Swift Dental Laboratory LimitedSME | £1,300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Dental Laboratory Work for PDSE · Swift Dental Laboratory LimitedSME
- Signed
- 21 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Aug 2028
- Status
- active
Contract 025533-2025-1-1 · Swift Dental Laboratory LimitedSME
- Signed
- 21 Sept 2023
- Value
- £1,300,000
- Period
- … – 31 Aug 2028
- Status
- active
- Change The Published total value of the contract in the Award Notice was incorrect and was stated as £334,896. This did not reflect the value in the Contract Notice, which covered the full Term of the Contract being advertised, which was estimated to be a total value of £1,300,000. This modification is correcting the error in the Award Notice and is being treated as a Corrigendum the Award Notice, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Unfortunately the initial estimated total value of the contract was published incorrectly, it should have reflected the number stated in the Contract notice. As this is a 3 year contract with option to extend a further 1+1.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | £334,896 – £347,354 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Swift Dental GroupAwarded supplier
- Swift Dental GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.