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title: "Specialist Secondary Care Dental Services :  Lot 1 Orthodontic Level 3b Service  - Insourced framework"
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# Specialist Secondary Care Dental Services :  Lot 1 Orthodontic Level 3b Service  - Insourced framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-secondary-care-dental-services-lot-1-orthodontic-level-3b-service-insourced-fra-ocds-h6vhtk-039796). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT: "Specialist Secondary Care Dental Services :  Lot 1 Orthodontic Level 3b Service  - Insourced framework". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-community-healthcare-nhs-ft-GB-FTS-72851)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 February 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Orthodontic services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-039796`

## Before you bid
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- **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-secondary-care-dental-services-lot-1-orthodontic-level-3b-service-insourced-fra-ocds-h6vhtk-039796#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2Fregister)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-secondary-care-dental-services-lot-1-orthodontic-level-3b-service-insourced-fra-ocds-h6vhtk-039796#participate

## Description
In order to assist with decreasing waiting lists the BSOL Procurement Collaborative, a shared procurement service hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Authority is seeking to award on behalf of Birmingham Community Healthcare to undertake and award suppliers to a framework covering Insourced Specialist Secondary Care Dental Service Trust. This specific advert covers Level 3b Orthodontic Dental Service
The Collaborative is inviting suitably qualified and experienced
Bidders to submit bids for an Insourced Framework Agreement to deliver Level 3b Orthodontic Dental Services through a sub-contract agreement with the Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry. The location from which all work will be undertaken is the Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry, Millpool Way , Edgbaston , Birmingham B5 7EG
The procedure will be undertaken using the Light Touch Regime (LTR), the rules of which are set out in Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
The scope of service for any future framework Lots or the opening up of a Lot will to be confirmed and advertised through Find a Tender and Contracts Finder Notices with the corresponding documents also published
The insourced provision is an end to end consistent pathway of treatment for the patient and is crucial this is undertaken by the same Provider (Dentist) over a period of months or years as required
As this is an insourced service the contract will not be subject to the provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment (TUPE) Regulations 2006 and subsequent amendments of 2014
The commencement date for the framework and subsequent service undertaken by suppliers is 1st March 2023 . The Framework period will be for 3 years ( to 31.3.26) with the option to extend for a further period of up to 12 months
Persons performing the service must
1.must be included on the primary care Dental Performer's list for managing Level 3 patients
2.be registered on the General Dental Council (GDC) specialist list for Orthodontics or,
3.be accredited to undertake Orthodontics work at the competency Level 3b
or a demonstrable experience in Orthodontic care provision
Further details are provided for within the tender documents
Potential bidders ( if not already ) must register on the Proactis portal should they wish to access the tender documents and submit a bid as no documents will e sent directly to potential suppliers. The portal is :
https://procontract.due-north.com/register

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Insourced Level 3b Orthodontic Service
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85131100
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £600,000
- **Description:** Scope of Services 
1.Orthodontics is the dental speciality concerned with facial growth, development of the dentition and occlusion, plus the assessment, diagnosis, interception and treatment of malocclusions and facial irregularities
2.Orthodontic c...
- **Contract Period:** 01/03/2023 to 31/03/2023

- **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%2F001197-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-15T11:38:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:00:17.771Z
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