Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of an Oral Health Workforce Training Programme - PME3
Notice Description
Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is commissioning an Oral Health Workforce Education Programme. We are looking to develop our understanding of the market and see what we can learn from dental providers to support the development of this service area, which will be entirely new to the county. We are seeking early feedback from dental providers to help shape the development of a proposed Oral Health Workforce Education Programme. As part of our premarket engagement, we invite providers to review the draft service specification and provide insight into the feasibility, deliverability, and practicality of the outlined requirements. Your professional expertise is essential in helping us understand how the proposed model aligns with organisational experience, workforce availability, and the realities of delivering care to vulnerable or underserved groups across a range of community settings. We are particularly interested in your views on the scope of service expectations, potential opportunities and constraints, and any refinements which could improve the delivery model. Feedback will support us in refining the specification to ensure it is realistic, sustainable, and capable of achieving improved oral health outcomes amongst priority groups. This engagement is not part of any procurement process but is intended to promote open dialogue, test assumptions, and ensure that any future commissioning activity reflects sector insight and best practice.
Planning Information
Please register on Supplying the South West using this link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=7b55720b-e434-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21 Closing date 27 April 2026, 12 noon
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05dac1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032915-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £390,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Apr 20262 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jun 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLOUCESTER
- Postcode
- GL1 2TG
- Post Town
- Gloucester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Gloucester
- Electoral Ward
- Westgate
- Westminster Constituency
- Gloucester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032915-2026
10th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013505-2026
13th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071185-2025
5th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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