Official UK procurement notice
Northamptonshire Community Dental Service [Direct Award Process A]
Authority: NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Northamptonshire Community Dental Service delivers dental services to patients who are unable to access primary care dentistry e.g. patients who may have special needs, learning disabilities, significant health problems etc. Patients are referred into the service and need to meet clinical criteria to be accepted. Services provided cover mandatory services, Oral Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Domiciliary Visits, GA pathway for children and special care patients and sedation. The current annual contract value is circa £2.6m following annual uplifts.<br/><br/>Currently the nature of the service mean there are no realistic alternative providers, due to the provider operates an integrated workforce model to deliver their portfolio of services. It would not be viable to manage TUPE arrangements to an alternative provider to ensure continuity of service provision. Current provision is from within the providers existing estates in hospital setting as well delivering services from Health Centres across Northamptonshire. Part of the services in rural areas use shared accommodation and support services that provide efficiencies that would not be possible for standalone services, and these dependencies would not be possible under another provider at this time without detrimental impact to patient care and service delivery.
CPV: Dental practice and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jun 2025, 15:05 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jun 2025, 15:05 BST
- Authority reference
AG24020- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034121- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05510dFind 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) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award.<br/><br/>There were no declared or potential conflicts of interest.<br/><br/>The decision makers for this process are East Midlands Joint Commissioning Sub-Committee (JCSC).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | £5,200,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 034121-2025-1 · Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 29 Mar 2024
- Value
- £5,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care BoardReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.