Pipeline

National Education and Training for NHS Dental Professionals

  • NHS England

UK1: Pipeline notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-023284

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0518e0

Published 20 May 2025, 2:13pm



Scope

Description

NHS England's Workforce, Training and Education Directorate sets out a suite of Education and Training programmes which are supported financially by NHS England as a corporate body. This is a wide ranging list of programmes covering most professional groups. This procurement is for one of the programmes within this education and training offer. The overall Procurement is titled as Dental, and will include a review of the current provision, including rationalisation of the current programmes, and identification of new, aligned programmes. The current programmes under review for this reprocurement are: Dental Nurse, Dental Technicians, Orthodontic Therapy, Dental Therapist

Total value (estimated)

  • £11,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £11,000,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 September 2026 to 1 September 2030
  • Possible extension to 1 September 2032
  • 6 years, 1 day

Main category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

1 July 2025


Procedure

Special regime

Light touch

Above or below total value threshold

Above or equal to threshold


Contracting authority

NHS England

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDPT-3135-BWWY

Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd

London

SE1 8UG

United Kingdom

Region: UKI45 - Lambeth

Organisation type: Public authority - central government