---
title: "Community Dental Electronic Patient Records and Digital X - Ray"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05625b"
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json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05625b.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST"
published: "2025-07-18"
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# Community Dental Electronic Patient Records and Digital X - Ray

Buyer: COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05625b

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041408-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Aug 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Locality | DARLINGTON |
| Post town | Darlington |
| Postcode | DL3 6HX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC33 Darlington |
| Local authority | Darlington |
| Electoral ward | Pierremont |
| Westminster constituency | Darlington |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 33111500 - Dental X-ray
- 33111600 - Radiography devices
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 85130000 - Dental practice and related services

## Release History

- 18 Jul 2025 at 15:05 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041408-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041408-2025
  18th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cddft.nhs.uk
- 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
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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