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 Northamptonshire ICB · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £5,200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Dental practice and related services (CPV 85130000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 034121-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Mar 2024
- Published20 Jun 2025Published 448 days after the contract date
Description
The Northamptonshire Community Dental Service delivers dental services to patients who are unable to access primary care dentistry e.g. patients who may have special needs, learning disabilities, significant health problems etc. Patients are referred into the service and need to meet clinical criteria to be accepted. Services provided cover mandatory services, Oral Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Domiciliary Visits, GA pathway for children and special care patients and sedation. <br/><br/>This award has been made under Direct Award A following assessment and that this is an existing provider and there are no current realistic alternative to the current provider. <br/><br/>The current annual contract value is circa £2.6m following annual uplifts, and the contract will run from 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 with two six month extensions optional.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of this contract is estimated to be £5.2 million.
About the supplier
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.