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title: "Specialist Dental Education Service"
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# Specialist Dental Education Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-dental-education-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b253). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England and NHS Improvement North West: "Specialist Dental Education Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England and NHS Improvement North West](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-and-nhs-improvement-north-west-GB-FTS-55101)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Dental practice and related services, Health and social work services, Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,112,928 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b253`

## 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/specialist-dental-education-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b253#tl-md)

## Description
Contract awarded by NHS England and NHS Improvement - North West (Cheshire and Merseyside) to deliver Specialist Dental Education Service.  The arrangements at Vauxhall and River Alt are based on PDS agreements with an enhanced UDA value. At River Alt to reflect a historic Service Level Agreement which runs alongside. River Alt has open ‘bays’ in addition to two private surgeries for treatment which was originally procured to support outreach training in a normal general dental practice for BDS and hygienist students from Liverpool University.
A Single Tender Action has been enacted for, as a result of extreme urgency following COVID-19 pressures.
Future procurement processes will be published via Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85100000, 85130000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Contract awarded by NHS England and NHS Improvement - North West (Cheshire and Merseyside) to deliver Specialist Dental Education Service.  The arrangements at Vauxhall and River Alt are based on PDS agreements with an enhanced UDA value. At River Al...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 010978-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-130512`
  - Value: £1,112,928 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 010978-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,112,928
  - Signed Date: 29/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010978-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-18T14:55:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T10:16:44.852Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b253