Planning

Community Dental Electronic Patient Records and Digital X - Ray

COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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Planning

18 Jul 2025 at 15:05

Summary of the contracting process

The County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process aimed at enhancing their community dental services. The initiative, titled "Community Dental Electronic Patient Records and Digital X-Ray," involves the acquisition of digital software systems and radiography devices to improve patient care efficiency in line with NHS England requirements. Located in the UKC region, the Trust is conducting market consultation under Section 16-17 of the Procurement Act 2023 to assess current system availability. Key dates include a deadline for expressions of interest by noon on 8th August 2025, with software demonstration sessions scheduled for the week commencing 18th August 2025. The anticipated contract period is from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029.

This tender creates significant opportunities for businesses specialising in dental software, radiography devices, and related services. Particularly, companies experienced in developing and implementing digital dental record management systems would be well-suited to compete. Given the NHS’s focus on digital compliance, firms offering innovative solutions that fulfill these prerequisites can leverage this opportunity for widespread adoption across NHS services, facilitating growth in the healthcare technology sector.

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Notice Title

Community Dental Electronic Patient Records and Digital X - Ray

Notice Description

The Service requires a dental specific digital software system and digital radiographs. This is to ensure that safe, effective and high-quality care is provided to patients, reduction in unnecessary administrative time and improve the ability to extract datasets and submit mandatory activity data to NHS Business Service Authority (BSA) and Dental Commisoners, thus improving overall efficiency. It will also ensure that the Service meets the NHSE requirements (Prerequisites - NHS England Digital) that all primary care dental services electronically submit all activity on completion of a course of treatment (COT) to the BSA, record dental activity via Snowmed-CT coding and be Patient Level Information and Costing System (PLICS) compliant. This pre-market engagement is to consult on the system specification which may result in a tender opportunity in the future.

Planning Information

This is market consultation under Section 16-17 of the Procurement Act 2023. The scope is to consult with the market on current system availability. Please submit expressions of interest via Atamis using the following link: https://atamis-1928--prospend.vf.force.com/apex/CS_ContractPage?filters=&page=1&Preview=Yes&searchStr=&SearchType=Projects&sortStr=Alphabetical&uid=a07Sr00000aLzolIAC&sfdcIFrameOrigin=https://atamis-1928.lightning.force.com The deadline for the expression of interest is noon 8/08/2025. The Trust require a demonstration of potential software/systems via Teams week commencing 18th August 2025, followed by predefined question and answer session.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05625b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041408-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

48 - Software package and information systems

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

33111500 - Dental X-ray

33111600 - Radiography devices

48000000 - Software package and information systems

85130000 - Dental practice and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Jul 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Aug 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement.support@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
DARLINGTON
Postcode
DL3 6HX
Post Town
Darlington
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC3 Tees Valley
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC33 Darlington
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England)

Local Authority
Darlington
Electoral Ward
Pierremont
Westminster Constituency
Darlington

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