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Published 3 Oct 2025, 15:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Recurrent Redistribution of Orthodontic UOAs in Northampton

Official notice

Authority: NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£3,031,915exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 8 Jun 2026awarded 16 Oct 2026
Awarded to Kitsungi Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is an intention to award notice under the Competitive Process.<br/>NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) intend to award a contract to KITSUNGI LTD for Recurrent Distribution of Orthodontic UOAs in Northampton following a robust Competitive Process under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. <br/><br/>Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 3rd November 2026.

CPV: Dental practice and related services · Orthodontic services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) intend to…AwardedPublished value£3,031,915

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) intend to award a contract to KITSUNGI LTD for Recurrent Distribution of Orthodontic UOAs in Northampton following a robust competitive process. <br/><br/>This will be a PDS contract with a service commencement of 1st February 2027 for a period of 3 years, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years (total contract duration, including extensions 5 years) till 31st January 2032.<br/><br/>The estimated lifetime value of the contract (including extensions) is £3,031,914.50. <br/><br/>This is an existing service and has awarded to a new provider.

Delivery: East Midlands · Northampton
Extensions: The Services are intended to be provided from 1st February 2027 for a period of 3 years, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years (total contract duration, including extensions 5 years) till 31st January 2032.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 6%Social value: 10%Environmental: 29%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Quality and Innovation: 47%
  • Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 8%
  • Value: 6%
  • Social Value: 10%
  • Integration, Collaboration and service sustainability: 29%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Social Value: 10%
  • Quality and Innovation: 47%
  • Integration, Collaboration and service sustainability: 29%
  • Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 8%
  • Value: 6%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 6 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 0.6 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
3 Oct 2025, 15:41 BST
Last source update
21 Oct 2026, 11:29 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Jun 2026 – …
Authority reference
NHSDLN210
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099364
Classification (CPV)
Dental practice and related servicesOrthodontic services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a82c Find a Tender

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 Procurement Act 2023 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 2400hrs on 3rd November 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.<br/>Written representations need to be sent via the Atamis e-tendering portal, Project Reference: C421745 -Recurrent Redistribution of Orthodontic UOAs in Northampton<br/><br/>The evaluation panel completed individual evaluations for assigned questions and took part in moderation to agree and finalise scores and rationales. The panel comprised of the following representatives from Northamptonshire ICB.<br/><br/>Commissioning Lead- Evaluator<br/>Associate Medical Director- Evaluator<br/>Contracts Officer- Evaluator<br/>Senior Commissioning Manager- Evaluator<br/>Finance Officer- Evaluator<br/>Finance Support Officer- Evaluator<br/>Commissioning Manager- Evaluator<br/>Primary Care Support Officer- Evaluator<br/>Senior Clinical Dental Advisor- Evaluator<br/>Contracts Officer- Evaluator<br/><br/>The award decision makers were:<br/><br/>Board/governance group: East Midlands Dental Assurance Information Group, approval to proceed with the Competitive Process on 8 December 2025.<br/><br/>Final award approval: <br/>Head of Primary Care and Director of Primary Care, on behalf of NHS Northamptonshire ICB, under the applicable delegated approval arrangements and SRO/Head East Midlands Primary Care Team.<br/><br/>Project and evaluation group<br/>The procurement was supported by NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit and the East Midlands Primary Care Team.<br/><br/>The evaluation groups comprised:<br/><br/>Basic Selection Criteria: <br/>Contract Manager / Commissioning Lead<br/>Contracts Officer<br/>Information Governance Manager<br/>Primary Care Support Officer<br/>Finance Support Officer<br/>Finance Officer<br/><br/>Key Criteria: <br/>Commissioning Manager<br/>Senior Clinical Dental Advisor<br/>Associate Medical Director<br/>Finance Support Officer<br/>Finance Officer <br/>Contracts Officer <br/>Contract Manager / Commissioning Lead<br/>Senior Commissioning Manager<br/><br/>Procurement lead/support: <br/>Procurement Manager NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit. <br/>Procurement Officer NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit<br/><br/>There was 1 perceived Conflict of interest identified throughout the process whereby an evaluator provides clinical advice to other NHS organisations and is employed by NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB and NHS Bedford, Luton & Milton Keynes ICB as a Dental Advisor. This was reviewed by the Project Lead and a decision was taken for the evaluator to maintain their position on the evaluation panel, and was mitigated as no prior information or contractual information regarding the Providers was taken into consideration when evaluating, and evaluation was conducted by multiple evaluators and moderation overseen by an AGEM representative, and the evaluator was never the sole voice on any scores, as each question was discussed in depth as part of a robust moderation process.<br/><br/>The Basic Selection Criteria Questions were Pass/Fail and the weightings for the Key Criteria Questions were as follows and were scored on a 0-5 scoring mechanism;<br/>Key Criteria 1: Quality and Innovation: 47.00%<br/>Key Criteria 2: Value: 6.00% <br/>Key Criteria 3: Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 29.00%<br/>Key Criteria 4: Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 8.00%<br/>Key Criteria 5: Social Value: 10.00%<br/><br/>The preferred Provider was awarded the contract based on the highest overall weighted score for Key Criteria and meeting all of the Basic Selection Criteria.

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
8 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Nov 2025 → 21 Oct 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected355 days ago
    1 Nov 2025
  2. Submission deadline136 days ago
    8 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
  3. Bids opened136 days ago
    8 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
  4. Notice published1 day ago
    21 Oct 2026, 11:29 BST

Notice history

6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 May 2026
  1. Published value updated to £3,031,915
    12 May 2026, 15:43 BST
    was £649,985
  2. Status changed to active
    12 May 2026, 15:43 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    12 May 2026, 15:43 BST
  4. Deadline published: 8 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
    12 May 2026, 15:43 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    12 May 2026, 15:43 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    21 Oct 2026, 11:29 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-10: 1 release · 3 Oct 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,031,9151 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 64 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Oct 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Kitsungi LtdSME£3,031,915 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 099364-2026-1 · Kitsungi LtdSME

    Signed
    16 Oct 2026
    Value
    £3,031,915
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Haylock House Kettering Parkway Venture Park, Kettering, East Midlands, NN15 6EYContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement PanelReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • KITSUNGI LTDAwarded supplier12392509 41 Dudley Walk, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV4 5HDContact phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria