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Essex Community Dental Service

NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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17 Sep 2025 at 09:04

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) has overseen the recent procurement for the Essex Community Dental Service, under the title "Essex Community Dental Service". This contract focuses on dental practice and related services, classified under CPV code 85130000, primarily providing mandatory primary dental care services for individuals whose needs are not met by local NHS offerings due to special needs. Spanning regions including north east Essex, west Essex, and the whole of mid and south Essex, this service aims to enhance oral health improvement, sedation, and domiciliary services, among others. Having undergone a previous five-year term, the contract has been extended through Direct Award C from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2026, with a possible continuation until 31 March 2027, paving the way for a comprehensive procurement by the Essex ICB.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those with expertise in dental care and associated specialised services. The procurement method, described as a limited award procedure without prior competition, aligns under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Existing providers, such as Community Dental Services CIC, have been assured of their compliance in delivering quality and innovation, value, integration, and social value, as assessed through rigorous criteria. Companies capable of maintaining high standards in service delivery and those interested in expanding within the Essex locality are ideally suited for this opportunity. Through the potential for contract modifications, there is also room for businesses to expand their offerings to include additional or complementary services, which could foster further growth and collaboration within the integrated care system.

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Notice Title

Essex Community Dental Service

Notice Description

Mandatory primary dental care services for people whose oral care needs cannot be met through other local NHS primary dental care services due to special needs.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Services provided: * Mandatory services and additional services for a minority of people whose oral care needs cannot be met through other local NHS primary care due to special needs. Includes urgent treatment. * Evidence based oral health improvement programmes. * Epidemiological studies. * Sedation services. * Domiciliary service. The original contract term was for 5 years. With an option to extend for 2 years - from 1 April 2016 for five years until 31 March 2022, and from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2024. At the end of the contract term, NHSE delegated commissioning of dental services to ICBs and a subsequent two-year contract was awarded under Direct Award C from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2026. It is intended that this contract is continued for one year ending 31 March 2027 to enable a full procurement for Essex to be undertaken by the new Essex ICB. A further one-year extension is proposed to ensure continuity of service in the event that Essex ICB is not legally able to procure before 31 March 2027. NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Options: Potential extension for 1 year

Procurement Information

Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union or the Find a Tender Service: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations. 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 29th September 2025 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). They should be submitted in writing to procurement@snee.nhs.uk. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Insert Award decision-makers: Suffolk and North East Essex Dental Committee 22nd July 2025 * No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makers. The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows: * Quality and Innovation - Assured- SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Quality Impact Assessment. * Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the integrated care system and the cost of change would not be outweighed by the potential benefit of a new provider. * Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. * Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Equality Impact Assessment. * Social Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the SNEE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Sustainability Impact Assessment.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-059bf3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057193-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85130000 - Dental practice and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£6,486,800 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Jul 20257 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Additional Buyers

NHS HERTS VALLEY AND WEST ESSEX ICB

NHS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX ICB

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@hwe.nhs.uk, procurement@mseicb.nhs.uk, procurement@snee.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
IPSWICH
Postcode
IP1 2BX
Post Town
Ipswich
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH6 Suffolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH62 Ipswich
Delivery Location
TLH31 Southend-on-Sea, TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway, TLH35 West Essex, TLH36 Heart of Essex

Local Authority
Ipswich
Electoral Ward
Gipping
Westminster Constituency
Ipswich

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

COMMUNITY DENTAL SERVICES

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