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# NHSE1085 - Dental Clinical Assessment Booking Service (DCABS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse1085-dental-clinical-assessment-booking-service-dcabs-ocds-h6vhtk-0682b7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB): "NHSE1085 - Dental Clinical Assessment Booking Service (DCABS)". Published status: active. Published Value: £25,539,241. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-humber-and-north-yorkshire-integrated-care-board-icb-nhs-qoq)
- **Published Value:** £25,539,241 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 September 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, In communication technology
- **Delivery Location:** UKE
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0682b7`

## 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/nhse1085-dental-clinical-assessment-booking-service-dcabs-ocds-h6vhtk-0682b7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse1085-dental-clinical-assessment-booking-service-dcabs-ocds-h6vhtk-0682b7#participate

## Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS Humber and Yorkshire Integrated Care Board  (the Relevant Authority) who are undertaking a competition to provide Dental Clinical Assessment (advice) and Booking Service (DCABS). 
The Dental Clinical Advice & Booking Service (DCABS) is a key component of the Yorkshire & Humber integrated urgent care system operating 365 days per year, 24 hours a day.
The Service ensures callers (aged 5 years and over) to the NHS111 dental line are triaged, assessing the caller's need for urgent dental care using the national dental urgent care module; deliver advice and book appointments directly for urgent dental treatment where clinically necessary with urgent dental treatment providers. The service adopts a 'Consult and Complete' approach to service delivery with clinical advice provided by appropriately trained staff and appropriate onward referral.
In addition, receive patients via NHS111 online assessed as having an urgent dental problem requiring a call back to make an appointment.
Also, receive calls transferred by warm transfer from NHS111 for patients under 5 or dental callers who have been identified through the full NHS Pathways as having an urgent dental problem and who will require an appointment with an urgent dental care provider.  
Contract Start Date: 01 April 2027
Contract End Date: 31 March 2034
The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years, with an option to extend for a further 2  years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F073001-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-03T08:26:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:48:07.701Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0682b7