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
- Supplier
- Exeter Close Dentist SME
- Value
- £481,260
- 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
- 026536-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Mar 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published the same day
Description
Level Two Oral Surgery service provides dental treatment to patients which is beyond the scope of general dental practitioners and is performed by practitioners who have completed a clinical accreditation process led by the East of England Regional Chief Dental Officers and the Oral Surgery Managed Clinical Networks. This service also provides sedation as part of the course of treatment where appropriate.<br/><br/>Patients are referred from the general dental practitioner via the local online Referral Management System where the referral is clinically triaged by a team of oral surgery consultants.<br/><br/>There is no material change to the new contract being offered and therefore a direct award process C has been completed under the PSR and a robust due diligence process has been completed to ensure providers meet all the Basic and Key Criterion.
About the supplier
Exeter Close Dentist: every public contract they have won.