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# Market Briefing: Mandatory Dental Services (MDS) on the Isle of Wight

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-briefing-mandatory-dental-services-mds-on-the-isle-of-wight-ocds-h6vhtk-04af6d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB on behalf of NHS England: "Market Briefing: Mandatory Dental Services (MDS) on the Isle of Wight". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB on behalf of NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-hampshire-and-isle-of-wight-icb-on-behalf-of-nhs-england-GB-FTS-153642)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Dental practice and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ34
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04af6d`

## Before you bid
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- **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/market-briefing-mandatory-dental-services-mds-on-the-isle-of-wight-ocds-h6vhtk-04af6d#tl-md)

## Description
This notice is placed in order to facilitate early engagement with potential providers, and relates only to a pre-procurement market briefing.
NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight (HIOW) Integrated Care Board (ICB) are seeking to commission Mandatory Dental Services (MDS) on the Isle of Wight, and will be holding a procurement process to award new contracts for service commencement from April 2025.
Prospective bidders are warmly invited to a pre-procurement market briefing event held virtually through Microsoft Teams on the following date:
5pm - 7pm Friday 8th November 2024 by MS Teams
The event has been arranged to take place to avoid any clash with clinical sessions and will be hosted online.
The procurement(s) are anticipated to commence from early November 2024, inviting tenders to deliver services for specific lotted areas, with phased contract commencement anticipated in the period from April to September 2025. 
The procurement is anticipated to be split into a number of Lots as follows:-
Lot 5C1-1: Isle of Wight (21k)
Lot 5C1-2: Isle of Wight (14k)
Lot 5C1-3: West Wight
A maximum of one contract will be awardable in each Lot, except in the case of Lot 5C1-1, where a maximum of 2 contracts will be awardable.
The commissioners anticipate contracting for services under PDS agreements for a period of up to 10 years. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
To allow potential providers to reflect on the proposed services, the Commissioner has provided early indicative information as part of this notice.
At the briefing, we will share further detail of the commissioner's objectives, the proposed specification for the service, lotting intentions and pricing strategy. We will also provide details of the e-Procurement system (being used to procure these services) and how the procurement and selection process will operate.
To access the information suite and express an interest, interested providers should register on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and express interest via the 'Live Opportunities' list.
Please note that you will need to be registered on Atamis and select the option to 'register an interest' under the project Market Briefing: Mandatory Dental Services (MDS) on the Isle of Wight, followed by completing and submitting the Market Briefing Event Registration form.
In order to attend the Market Briefing Event, please ensure that you submit the registration form via Atamis by no later than 12 Noon on Wednesday 6th November 2024, including your contact details as requested. Details on how to access the briefing will be provided to all responses received prior to this closing date.
The briefing event is open to all providers who may want to deliver NHS mandatory dental services in the future. In order to establish fair representation, availability for this event is limited to a m...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-briefing-mandatory-dental-services-mds-on-the-isle-of-wight-ocds-h6vhtk-04af6d)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 5C1-3: West Wight
- **Lot id:** `5C1-3`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85130000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** A maximum of 1 contract will be awardable in this Lot, for total UDA activity of 12,000 UDAs.
Providers are reminded that all information regarding Lots is indicative only and subject to change. Providers should not rely upon these Lot descriptions w...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033868-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-18T23:49:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:56:26.641Z
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