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title: "NHS England and NHS Improvement South West Provision of Primary Care Dental Services within Dental Education facilities in Truro, Exeter & Plymouth"
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# NHS England and NHS Improvement South West Provision of Primary Care Dental Services within Dental Education facilities in Truro, Exeter & Plymouth

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-england-and-nhs-improvement-south-west-provision-of-primary-care-dental-services-withi-ocds-h6vhtk-02afca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England and NHS Improvement South West: "NHS England and NHS Improvement South West Provision of Primary Care Dental Services within Dental Education facilities in Truro, Exeter & Plymouth". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: £9,654,471. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 May 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England and NHS Improvement South West](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-and-nhs-improvement-south-west-GB-FTS-27876)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £9,654,471 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02afca`

## 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/nhs-england-and-nhs-improvement-south-west-provision-of-primary-care-dental-services-withi-ocds-h6vhtk-02afca#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fscwcsu%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-england-and-nhs-improvement-south-west-provision-of-primary-care-dental-services-withi-ocds-h6vhtk-02afca#participate

## Description
NHS England and NHS Improvement South West (NHSE/I SW) seeks Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from providers who have the capability and capacity (to be assessed as part of initial procurement process) to deliver Primary Care Dental Services from existing dental education facilities in Truro, Exeter and Plymouth utilising supervised dental students on placement from the University of Plymouth with the potential of 16,000 sessions across these sites per annum.. 
The service will contribute to the training of the dental team including students from the University of Plymouth through the delivery of NHS dental services to appropriate patients. The service is responsible for the recruitment of suitable patients, based on acceptance criteria which meets the needs of the students and the course (as defined by the General Dental Council and Health Education England).
The contract term will be 7 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years (at commissioner discretion) and the total contract value is £9,654,471 (over the 9-year period, should the extension be granted and based on 2021/22 values. The contract is due to commence October 2021
Interested parties must be eligible to hold a PDS (Personal Dental Services) contract and appropriate CQC registration.
This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** NHS England and NHS Improvement South West (NHSE/I SW) seeks Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from providers who have the capability and capacity (to be assessed as part of initial procurement process) to deliver Primary Care Dental Services from exist...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010329-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-11T17:21:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:24:53.940Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02afca