Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £830,946
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Dental practice and related services (CPV 85130000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 026520-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Mar 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
The domiciliary dental care service is the provision of dental services outside the clinic setting, by a dentist or a dental care professional who visits the patient’s home or care setting. The aim of domiciliary dental care is to provide preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic dental care for people who cannot access dental services in a conventional way. <br/><br/>The service provides care for patients who have a clinical need for dental treatment and who are unable to attend a surgery due to their physical, medical or mental health condition. This may include people who are:<br/>- Housebound or bedridden<br/>- Living in care homes or residential homes<br/>- Suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease<br/>- Experiencing severe anxiety or phobia of dental treatment<br/>- Having complex medical conditions or disabilities<br/>- Receiving palliative or end-of-life care<br/><br/>There is no material change to the new contract being offered and therefore a direct award process C has be…
About the supplier
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.