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 Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Community Dental Services CIC SME
- Value
- £46,730,655
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Dental practice and related services (CPV 85130000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 083349-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Dec 2025
- Published16 Dec 2025Published the same day
Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (the Relevant Authority) who intend to follow the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process to award a contract for the provision of a Community Dental Service across North Yorkshire and the City of York. The service specification outlined the requirements for delivering a Community Dental Service across North Yorkshire and the City of York. NECS utilised an electronic tendering tool to manage this exercise and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there were no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, was conducted via Atamis - contract reference C394582: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider process. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection …
About the supplier
Community Dental Services CIC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07476618).