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 Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Community Dental Services CIC SME
- Value
- £6,486,800
- 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
- 057193-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jul 2025
- Published17 Sep 2025Published 57 days after the contract date
Description
Services provided: • Mandatory services and additional services for a minority of people whose oral care needs cannot be met through other local NHS primary care due to special needs. Includes urgent treatment. • Evidence based oral health improvement programmes. • Epidemiological studies. • Sedation services. • Domiciliary service. The original contract term was for 5 years. With an option to extend for 2 years - from 1 April 2016 for five years until 31 March 2022, and from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2024. At the end of the contract term, NHSE delegated commissioning of dental services to ICBs and a subsequent two-year contract was awarded under Direct Award C from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2026. It is intended that this contract is continued for one year ending 31 March 2027 to enable a full procurement for Essex to be undertaken by the new Essex ICB. A further one-year extension is proposed to ensure continuity of service in the event that Essex ICB is not legally able to procure bef…
About the supplier
Community Dental Services CIC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07476618).