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
- £259,776.74
- 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
- 067685-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Sep 2025
- Published23 Oct 2025Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
The service delivers unscheduled dental care to the general public on weekends and bank holidays from Nash House, Ipswich and Saxon House, Bury St Edmunds. The agreement is based on sessions; 8am to 4pm Saturday, 8am to 4pm Sunday and 8am to 4pm each public Bank Holiday at each of the two sites. Service referrals are via NHS111. - Start date of 1st April 2026 and end date of 31st March 2027. One year contract, paid in 12 equal monthly instalments, for an annual contract value of £259,776.74 NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subj…
About the supplier
Community Dental Services CIC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07476618).