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title: "Dental Services in Prisons"
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# Dental Services in Prisons

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dental-services-in-prisons-ocds-h6vhtk-02994a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England and NHS Improvement North West: "Dental Services in Prisons". Published status: tenderUpdate. Published Value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England and NHS Improvement North West](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-and-nhs-improvement-north-west-GB-FTS-55101)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Dental practice and related services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02994a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dental-services-in-prisons-ocds-h6vhtk-02994a#tl-md)

## Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North West (Health and Justice Team) (the Contracting Authority) to conduct market engagement to obtain input and feedback in preparation for the tender of the below contract:- •	NHSE548 Dental Services in Prisons Lot 1 - Dental Services for HMP Liverpool (£200,000 per annum) Lot 2 - Dental Services for HMP Hindley (£137,000 per annum) Annual Contract Value - £337,000 The Contracting Authority would like to gather soft intelligence from the market and are publishing a Request for Information (RFI) . The RFIs and further documentation including draft service specifications for each of the services will be available on the Intend Portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/home.  Providers will be able to select the appropriate RFI for the service/s they wish to respond to. The RFIs will be available from 04 March 2021 and the deadline for responses will be 12 Noon 26 March 2021. Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the Intend Portal.  The portal can be accessed at any time of the day and it is free to register. Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004569-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-08T11:19:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T21:51:23.987Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02994a