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 Devon ICB · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Plymouth Community Dental Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £7,594,212.12
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Dental practice and related services (CPV 85130000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 083247-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Nov 2025
- Published16 Dec 2025Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (Devon ICB) are looking to award a new contract for the provision of Community Dental Services in Plymouth to the existing provider, Plymouth Community Dental Services Ltd. The Plymouth Community Dental Service (CDS) is concerned with improving oral health care and reducing health care inequalities through the provision of primary care dental services within community settings. The service includes the provision of Special Care and Paediatric Dentistry (SCPD) which is the treatment of: • Adult patients who cannot be treated in a high street dental practice due to the nature of their physical or mental disabilities, or because they have a need for enhanced support to receive treatment and • Paediatric patients who may have needs as described above, or who have more complex or significant treatment needs. Patients who meet the eligibility criteria for SCPD are eligible to receive Mandatory Dental Services (MDS) from the Community Dental Service provider. …
About the supplier
Plymouth Community Dental Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08433393).