Notice Information
Notice Title
Community Dental Service - Special Care & Paediatric Dental Services
Notice Description
The service delivers specialist dental care for: Adults and children with physical, learning, or developmental disabilities. Patients with severe dental anxiety or behavioural challenges. Individuals requiring sedation or general anaesthetic (GA). Housebound or medically complex patients requiring domiciliary care.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB intends to award a contract for the provision of Special Care and Paediatric Dental (SCPD) services via Direct Award Process C, in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and internal governance procedures. Current SCPD contractual arrangements delivered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are due to expire on 31 March 2026. A direct award for 18 months from 1 April 2026, with an option to extend by 6 months, is required to ensure service continuity. The Special Care and Paediatric Dental (SCPD) services delivers specialist dental care for: *Adults and children with physical, learning, or developmental disabilities. *Patients with severe dental anxiety or behavioural challenges. *Individuals requiring sedation or general anaesthetic (GA). *Housebound or medically complex patients requiring domiciliary care. The service includes: *Comprehensive clinical assessment and treatment planning. *Paediatric dentistry, including complex cases and GA lists. *Special Care Dentistry provided by trained specialists. *Sedation (inhalation, IV where applicable). *Domiciliary dental care. *Multi disciplinary pathways with acute hospitals, safeguarding teams, community services and social care. *Oral health promotion and prevention programmes. *Data reporting, performance monitoring and service evaluation. This service ensures safe, equitable access for vulnerable patients who cannot be treated in general dental practice due to complexity of need. The estimated lifetime value of the service is PS26,936,827.12, the contract is due to commence on 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2027 with an optional 6 month extension up to 31 March 2028.
Procurement Information
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 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by Midnight 31 of March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066df0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024744-2026
- 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
- Large
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
- £26,936,827 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Mar 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Mar 20262 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EASTLEIGH
- Postcode
- SO50 5PB
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ35 South Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
-
- Local Authority
- Eastleigh
- Electoral Ward
- Eastleigh Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Eastleigh
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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