Official UK procurement notice
Integration of NHS Primary Care Dental Services with Primary Medical Services Pilot
Authority: NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Contract Award Notice to inform NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board's (NHS CPICB) (herein "The Contracting Authority") intention to award a contract using the Most Suitable Provider Process for Dental Provision of a registered list within NHS CPICB. 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
This service is a pilot that aims to develop, test, and evaluate a new model for delivering NHS Dental Services in collaboration between Dental and Primary Medical services, to improve access and outcomes for the most vulnerable patients identified from a GP Contractors registered list, in the Peterborough community.
CPV: Dental practice and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The pilot will run for an 18-month period, from 1 December 2025 - 31 March 2027…AwardedPublished value£210,000
The pilot will run for an 18-month period, from 1 December 2025 - 31 March 2027 (estimated).
The planned pilot will be delivered through a Personal Dental Services Plus Agreement via a sessional model. A session will equate to 3.5 hours and it is anticipated that 2 patient appointments will be made in an hour, which equates to approximately 7 patients per session. There is no maximum patient limit. This would be for the service to manage capacity and to maximise patient access within clinical governance.
The number of patients seen in a session will be dependent upon their treatment complexity, following clinical assessment by the dentist/Dental Clinical Professional.
The model focuses on the integration of general medical and dental services for vulnerable patients, to further improve access to dental services in an area of high need and to tackle health inequalities by creating an alliance between a Primary Medical Provider that holds a General Medical Services Contract and a Dental Provider that can hold an NHS Dental Contract in Peterborough.
The Contracting Authority's assessment of each potential provider's submission has taken into account the basic selection criteria and the following key criteria:
- Quality and innovation;
- Value;
- Integration, collaboration and service sustainability;
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice; and
- Social value.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Aug 2025, 17:49 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2025, 12:57 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072774- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058e0dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 the decision makers by 24 November 2025. Representations should be sent to [email protected]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Publisher note: 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 the relevant authority by 24 November 2025. Representations should be sent to [email protected]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR The key criteria weightings (outlined below) were weighted in such a way to allow providers to demonstrably evidence how innovation, integration, and access would feature as a core deliverables within this pilot service to improve the dental health of a population. Quality and Innovation 20% Value 10% Integration, Collaboration, and Service Sustainability 30% Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice 30% Social Value 10% This has been approved by the ICB's Procurement Oversight Group Chair. No Conflicts of Interest were declared or identified throughout this process.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Nov 2025
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
Timeline
26 Sept 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected389 days ago26 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published343 days ago11 Nov 2025, 12:57 GMT
- Submission deadline342 days ago12 Nov 2025
- Contract starts323 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Nov 2025- Status changed to active11 Nov 2025, 12:32 GMT
- Procurement method changed11 Nov 2025, 12:32 GMT
- Deadline published: 12 Nov 202511 Nov 2025, 12:32 GMT
- Status changed to complete11 Nov 2025, 12:57 GMT
- Procurement method changed11 Nov 2025, 12:57 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| THISTLEMOOR SMILES CENTRE LIMITEDSME | £210,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 072774-2025-1 · THISTLEMOOR SMILES CENTRE LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 11 Nov 2025
- Value
- £210,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- CPICBReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THISTLEMOOR SMILES CENTRE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.