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title: "Dental Services within a Centre of Dental Excellence - NHS Gloucestershire ICB"
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# Dental Services within a Centre of Dental Excellence - NHS Gloucestershire ICB

Buyer: NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0556b0

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## Summary

NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is actively seeking providers to deliver dental services at the Centre of Dental Excellence in Gloucester. The procurement focuses on services for urgent care, dental access, health inequalities pathways, and routine care. Located at 3rd Floor, City Campus, Northgate Street, Gloucester, this contract is at the tender stage, with service commencement slated no later than 1st September 2026, unless extended by agreement. The premises, leased by the University of Gloucestershire, requires a provider to secure a lease and manage recurrent revenue costs. The procurement method is an open procedure under the Provider Selection Regime, with a financial envelope of £1,200,000 per annum and a total potential contract value of £24,000,000 including extensions. The tender deadline is 26th May 2026, with contract award starting the same day.

This tender presents a significant growth opportunity for businesses specializing in dental services, particularly those with experience in managing NHS contracts. Providers will be able to offer services in a high-demand area, addressing significant health inequalities and increasing dental access. Businesses that can integrate with educational and community partners, and who have capacity for postgraduate training practices and foundation dentists, will find this tender particularly suitable. The requirement to deliver varied clinical activities and the option to extend the contract to 15 years offers substantial long-term service and revenue potential, aligning with NHS objectives for improved access and outcomes.

## Notice

NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (GICB) is seeking providers who have the capability and capacity to deliver Dental Services in Gloucester. Fundamentally this opportunity seeks to increase access to NHS dentistry in a part of the county where deprivation is greatest by working in partnership to commission a new bespoke primary care Centre of Dental Excellence facility in a fit for purpose environment. (Please note the term Centre of Dental Excellence [CDE] may alter during the course of procurement of the service or thereafter). * The contract will be a Personal Dental Services (PDS) contract to deliver dental services as part of a Centre of Dental Excellence in Gloucester. Premises are located at 3rd floor, City Campus, Northgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1SQ. * The premises are mandated and owned and leased by the University of Gloucestershire (UoG). The successful provider will need to secure a lease with UoG for the duration of the PDS contract term. * A draft Heads of Terms is included in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack which sets out the expected terms and conditions between the owner of the building and the service provider. * Construction work will be undertaken on behalf of UoG, and floor plans and room data sheets are included in the ITT pack to inform potential bidders about the premises and what is provided as part of the building fit out. * The successful provider will need to provide any additional fit out and equipment to deliver the services. It will also be expected to fund associated, recurrent revenue costs, for example servicing and maintenance; rent and rates; cleaning and lighting. * The premises will have space for up to 6 dental chairs. * There is an expectation that the provider is or becomes a postgraduate training practice and hosts foundation dentists. * Funding for hosting foundation dentists is awarded and administered by NHS Workforce Training and Education (NHS WTE) and the successful provider will be expected to apply to NHS WTE for funding. * The PDS contract term will be for an initial term of 10 years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 5 years, and then for a further 5 years, at the sole discretion of the Commissioner. * Rental payment and services are currently scheduled to commence on 1st March 2027. * Service must commence no later than 6 months after contract award (scheduled for 1st September 2026), unless there is an agreement with the Commissioner to extend the mobilisation period. * The contract term and service payments will start on the service commencement date. * The Commissioner has a maximum financial envelope available of PS1,200,000 per annum. The total maximum contract value for the duration excluding extensions is PS12,000,000, and PS24,000,000 including extensions. * Subject to the detail of Dental Contract Reform, the successful provider will need to deliver urgent care, dental access & health inequalities pathways and routine care as part of the contract. * Following discussion and agreement by the commissioner, the successful provider may offer private treatment from the same premises however this must not be at the detriment of NHS patients or the provider's delivery of the PDS contract. * TUPE will not be applicable for this procurement process. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

### Lot Information

Dental Access Centre (Quayside)

NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (GICB) is seeking providers who have the capability and capacity to deliver Dental Services in Gloucester. Fundamentally this opportunity seeks to increase access to NHS dentistry in a part of the county where deprivation is greatest by working in partnership to commission a new bespoke primary care Centre of Dental Excellence facility in a fit for purpose environment. (Please note the term Centre of Dental Excellence [CDE] may alter during the course of procurement of the service or thereafter). * The contract will be a Personal Dental Services (PDS) contract to deliver dental services as part of a Centre of Dental Excellence in Gloucester. Premises are located at 3rd floor, City Campus, Northgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1SQ. * The premises are mandated and owned and leased by the University of Gloucestershire (UoG). The successful provider will need to secure a lease with UoG for the duration of the PDS contract term. * A draft Heads of Terms is included in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack which sets out the expected terms and conditions between the owner of the building and the service provider. * Construction work will be undertaken on behalf of UoG, and floor plans and room data sheets are included in the ITT pack to inform potential bidders about the premises and what is provided as part of the building fit out. * The successful provider will need to provide any additional fit out and equipment to deliver the services. It will also be expected to fund associated, recurrent revenue costs, for example servicing and maintenance; rent and rates; cleaning and lighting. * The premises will have space for up to 6 dental chairs. * There is an expectation that the provider is or becomes a postgraduate training practice and hosts foundation dentists. * Funding for hosting foundation dentists is awarded and administered by NHS Workforce Training and Education (NHS WTE) and the successful provider will be expected to apply to NHS WTE for funding. * The PDS contract term will be for an initial term of 10 years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 5 years, and then for a further 5 years, at the sole discretion of the Commissioner. * Rental payment and services are currently scheduled to commence on 1st March 2027. * Service must commence no later than 6 months after contract award (scheduled for 1st September 2026), unless there is an agreement with the Commissioner to extend the mobilisation period. * The contract term and service payments will start on the service commencement date. * The Commissioner has a maximum financial envelope available of PS1,200,000 per annum. The total maximum contract value for the duration excluding extensions is PS12,000,000, and PS24,000,000 including extensions. * Subject to the detail of Dental Contract Reform, the successful provider will need to deliver urgent care, dental access & health inequalities pathways and routine care as part of the contract. * Following discussion and agreement by the commissioner, the successful provider may offer private treatment from the same premises however this must not be at the detriment of NHS patients or the provider's delivery of the PDS contract. * TUPE will not be applicable for this procurement process. Aims and Objectives of the Service Gloucestershire ICB's vision for this service is to increase primary care dental access in a Core20 area and begin to address oral health inequalities. This service will provide urgent care and dental access & health inequalities pathways, as well as offering routine treatment to a cohort of patients who are both poorly catered for under the existing high street model, and who are disproportionately affected with oral pain and diseases, which negatively affects their health and wellbeing. Located within City Campus in the heart of Gloucester City on King's Square this new Centre of Dental Excellence will be a bespoke primary care service in a fit for purpose environment and this specification details an innovative approach to achieve this vision. By meeting the population's need for dental care and providing personalised prevention, the service will positively contribute to the delivery of the following elements of the NHS Outcomes Framework (March 22): - 3.7.ii Tooth extractions due to decay for children admitted as inpatients to hospital, aged 10 years and under - 4a.iii Patient experience of NHS dental services - 4.4.ii Access to NHS dental services. Alongside increasing dental access, our vision is that training provision for all members of the dental team exists locally, ranging from Dental Care Professional undergraduate courses and/or clinical placement provision for undergraduates, to post qualification training for dental and dental therapy foundation training. The University of Gloucestershire will develop these education offers, initially a BSC in Dental Hygiene, which whilst aligned to this specification are funded and delivered separately (i.e. excluded from this service specification). The provider of dental access at City Campus will be expected to work in close partnership with the University of Gloucestershire (UoG). For example: * the provider will be a tenant of the university and will lease space according to an agreed Heads of Terms and utilising a Lease Agreement; * a memorandum of understanding will be required between the university and dental access provider in respect of space leased and equipped by the provider but shared by the university, for example the decontamination room; The provider must form and maintain a mutually supportive collaborative relationship with the provider of undergraduate DCP training who will share the CoDE. This may be the University of Gloucestershire directly and/or an education franchise partner selected by the university. This will involve referral of student appropriate patients from the dental provider to the education provider and acceptance of patients out of scope of students from the education provider (subject to reasonable referral guidelines that will be mutually agreed). Whilst no teaching or clinical supervision of undergraduate students is expected under this contract, the provider is expected to work in close partnership with the university or their franchise partner who is likely to wish to commission placement activity from the provider of dental access subject to separate agreement/contract between the university and the provider and funded by the university. The objectives of the service will therefore simultaneously increase access to NHS dentistry and while contributing to the upskilling of the local dental workforce through education and training. Eligibility criteria for each element of the service is detailed below: * Urgent Care - Any adult or child patient referred from the local dental triage line/111 - Patients referred by community partners - e.g. co-located GP surgery, charities where patients struggle to access urgent care via 111 - pathways to be arranged collaboratively with provider and community partners. * Health inequalities pathways/activities - Any patient referred from urgent care at this centre or from other urgent care providers in the county as applicable. - Any patient referred from defined third party partners e.g. GP surgeries, voluntary care organisations. - Any patient referred from ICB developed pathways e.g. cancer pathways, cardiology patients, high needs children identified through first dental steps program. * Routine Dental Patients - Patients eligible to receive ongoing routine dental care at the centre are those who have accessed health inequalities pathways/activities at the centre AND reside in a Gloucestershire Core20 Postcode or who belong to a vulnerable group as identified by Gloucestershire County Council Public Health Team and/or the NHS Consultants in Dental Public Health Team,, including but not limited to, low income families, people who rely on others for care or support, people with a physical or learning disability, Children in Care, people experiencing homelessness, people who misuse substances (drugs, alcohol, tobacco), gypsies, asylum seekers and refugees. - Exact Eligible postcodes/cohorts will be agreed with the ICB Details of the split of clinical activity is contained in the additional information section below. This procurement exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

Options: The Contract will be for an initial term of 10 years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 5 years, and then for a further 5 years, at the sole discretion of the Commissioner.

Centre of Dental Excellence (City Campus, Gloucester)

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board's (ICB) (the Commissioner's), intention to commission dental access as part of a Centre of Dental Excellence (City Campus, Gloucester) and a Dental Access Centre (Quayside, Gloucester). The Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering these services. Fundamentally this opportunity seeks to increase access to NHS dentistry in a part of the county where deprivation is greatest by working in partnership to commission 2 new bespoke primary care facilities in fit for purpose environments, incorporating flexible commissioning and workforce training. A key aim of this opportunity is to provide NHS dental access in a Core 20 area. This will provide much needed dental care to a cohort of patients who struggle disproportionately with oral pain and disease, which negatively affects their health and wellbeing. * NHS Gloucestershire ICB is seeking to secure a Prime Provider(s) who has the capability and capacity to deliver primary care dental services, in line with the specified requirements. * There are likely to be two dental PDS contract procurements. The Dental Access Centre (Quayside) procurement is likely to be published in August 2025 and the procurement of access as part of the Dental Centre of Excellence (City Campus) procurement is likely to be published in Autumn 2025. Each contract will have a value of PS1.2m per annum. * The contract term for the Dental Access Centre (Quayside) is expected to commence in Spring/Summer 2026, and the Centre of Dental Excellence (City Campus) in Summer/Autumn 2026. Both contracts are likely to be for a period of a minimum of 10 years. In partnership with other anchor organisations, the ICB has identified two potential Gloucester City centre sites for the delivery of these services, one for the Centre of Dental Excellence (City Campus) located at 3rd floor, City Campus, Northgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1SQ and the other for the Dental Access Centre (Quayside) located at 1st Floor, Quayside House, Quayside Street, Gloucester, GL1 2TZ. Providers will be expected to lease these sites from the respective landlords for a term which mirrors the length of the contract. * A Heads of Terms will be developed in advance of commissioning a service provider which sets out the expected terms and conditions between the owner of the building and the service provider/s. At both sites it is anticipated that the service provider/s would fund the fit out of the accommodation. The service provider would be expected to fund associated, recurrent revenue costs, for example servicing and maintenance; rent and rates; cleaning and lighting. * There is an expectation that the provider is or becomes a postgraduate training practice and hosts foundation dentists. As part of the Centre of Dental Excellence, the University of Gloucestershire anticipates delivering Dental Nurse Cert HE; Dental Hygienist BSc and Dental Therapist BSc. The provider must form and maintain a mutually supportive collaborative relationship with the provider of undergraduate Dental Care Professionals (DCP) training who may share the Centre of Dental Excellence (CoDE). This will involve referral of student appropriate patients. No teaching or clinical supervision of undergraduate students is expected under this contract. * Some of the space within the Centre of Dental Excellence will be shared with the University, for example the Decontamination Room. A Memorandum of Understanding for use of the shared space will need to be developed by successful bidder and the university. * TUPE will not be applicable for this procurement process. To allow potential providers to reflect on the proposed services, the Commissioner has provided early indicative information as part of this notice (located within the Atamis e-procurement portal) which includes: 1. Service specifications 2. Floor plans for each premises 3. Architecture data sheets for each premises 4. PDS contract Please note all the above documents are in draft form and yet to be finalised. The Commissioner welcomes your feedback on these documents via return of the market engagement questionnaire. Details on how to access the market engagement questionnaire and early indicative information are contained within the 'VI.3. Additional information' section. We kindly ask you to submit these by midday Thursday 17th July 2025. The Commissioner has also included the PowerPoint slides and Q&A from the market engagement event that took place earlier this year in April / May 2025. Please note that there have been some changes to the ICB's commissioning intentions since this event took place. The changes have been reflected in the information in this PIN notice and the service specification. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033910-2026 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 26 May 2026 |
| Future notice date | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Award date | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £24,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £24,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active, Planned |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB) |
| Locality | GLOUCESTER |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | TLK13 Gloucestershire CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SMILE TOGETHER DENTAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85130000 - Dental practice and related services

## Release History

- 14 Apr 2026 at 15:15 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033910-2026
- 6 Jan 2026 at 10:17 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000541-2026
- 18 Dec 2025 at 10:50 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084221-2025
- 6 Aug 2025 at 11:44 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046500-2025
- 1 Jul 2025 at 12:09 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036403-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.nhsglos.nhs.uk/

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