--- title: "NHS SY ICB - Recommissioning of JCS contract - Whitegates Dental Practice" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board" published: "2026-10-14" --- # NHS SY ICB - Recommissioning of JCS contract - Whitegates Dental Practice Buyer: NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0787d7.json) ## Summary NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board commissioned general dental services at Whitegates Dental Practice in Doncaster. The service is intended to provide high-quality care to the practice’s existing regular patients, while also accepting new patients and people needing urgent dental treatment. The aim is to maintain continuity of access and the existing level of NHS dental activity in the constituency and practice, and to support patients’ dental health and related health needs. The requirement covers the ongoing delivery of general dentistry through the practice, rather than a one-off supply or a building project. The selected provider is Whitegates Dental Practice, the incumbent practice’s remaining partner following the previous contract holder’s death. The procurement has reached the award stage: Whitegates Dental Practice was selected, and the contract is recorded as active. The award was made through the Provider Selection Regime’s Most Suitable Provider process, without a prior competition. The buyer assessed suitability and quality, with quality carrying all of the stated evaluation weight and cost none. Two bids were recorded. The notice states an intended service start as soon as possible, and describes the General Dental Services contract as having no end date and being let in perpetuity. The contract was signed on 8 October 2026. Its recorded value is £167,000; the procurement description separately states an annual contract value of £174,000. The intention-to-award notice says representations could be made by 26 October 2026. This requirement shows continuing NHS demand in Doncaster for practice-based general dentistry that preserves patient access and contracted NHS activity. A credible provider needs the capacity to maintain care for an established regular patient cohort while accommodating new registrations and urgent treatment requests, and to deliver consistently high-quality general dental services. Continuity of service at an existing dental practice is central to the buyer’s stated rationale, so operational readiness to take responsibility for an established patient base and sustain local access would be relevant when a similar requirement next arises. The outcome also demonstrates that the buyer used the Most Suitable Provider route and prioritised quality over cost in its stated assessment. Dental providers with local service capability and experience managing ongoing NHS general dental provision are therefore the closest fit. ## Notice The provider should be able to deliver high quality General Dental Services (GDS) to the current cohort of regular patients who have been accessing dental care at Whitegates together with a flow of new patients and patients contacting the practice who require urgent dental treatment. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Due to the sad passing of the incumbent contract holder, NHS SY ICB are planning to use the Most Suitable Provider process to award a new contract to the remaining partner within the Whitegates Dental Practice. Continuing to commission the same level of dentistry at Whitegates Dental Practice would enable the provider to maintain and improve access to dental services in Doncaster and retain the same contracted NHS activity within the constituency area and within the dental practice. It will enable continuity of dental access for the regular patients. The provision of dental services and maintaining patients access to dental services is important in not only improving patients dental health but also relates to other health issues. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process. The value of the contract will be PS174,000 per annum. Please note - There is no end date to this contract as it will be a General Dental Service Contract which is let in perpetuity. Therefore, the lifetime value of the contract can not be provided. This is an existing service with a new supplier. The service will start as soon as possible ### 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 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 decision makers by 26/10/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097149-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £167,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board | | Locality | SHEFFIELD | | Postcode area | Sheffield | | Postcode | S1 3FG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield | | Local authority | Sheffield | | Electoral ward | City | | Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central | | Delivery location | TLE3 South Yorkshire | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | Whitegates Dental Practice | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85130000 - Dental practice and related services ## Release History - 14 Oct 2026 at 15:43 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097149-2026 ## Notice URLs - https://www.southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk - https://www.southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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