Contract

Northamptonshire Community Dental Service [Direct Award Process A]

  • NHS Northamptonshire ICB

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-034121

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05510d

Published 20 June 2025, 3:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Northamptonshire ICB

Haylock House, Kettering Parkway

Kettering

NN15 6EY

Contact

Kurtis O'Sullivan

Email

kurtis.osullivan1@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKF24 - West Northamptonshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.icnorthamptonshire.org.uk/icb

Buyer's address

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Northamptonshire Community Dental Service [Direct Award Process A]

Reference number

AG24020

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85130000 - Dental practice and related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Northamptonshire Community Dental Service delivers dental services to patients who are unable to access primary care dentistry e.g. patients who may have special needs, learning disabilities, significant health problems etc. Patients are referred into the service and need to meet clinical criteria to be accepted. Services provided cover mandatory services, Oral Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Domiciliary Visits, GA pathway for children and special care patients and sedation. The current annual contract value is circa £2.6m following annual uplifts.

Currently the nature of the service mean there are no realistic alternative providers, due to the provider operates an integrated workforce model to deliver their portfolio of services. It would not be viable to manage TUPE arrangements to an alternative provider to ensure continuity of service provision. Current provision is from within the providers existing estates in hospital setting as well delivering services from Health Centres across Northamptonshire. Part of the services in rural areas use shared accommodation and support services that provide efficiencies that would not be possible for standalone services, and these dependencies would not be possible under another provider at this time without detrimental impact to patient care and service delivery.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £5,200,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Northamptonshire Community Dental Service delivers dental services to patients who are unable to access primary care dentistry e.g. patients who may have special needs, learning disabilities, significant health problems etc. Patients are referred into the service and need to meet clinical criteria to be accepted. Services provided cover mandatory services, Oral Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Domiciliary Visits, GA pathway for children and special care patients and sedation.

This award has been made under Direct Award A following assessment and that this is an existing provider and there are no current realistic alternative to the current provider.

The current annual contract value is circa £2.6m following annual uplifts, and the contract will run from 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 with two six month extensions optional.

The lifetime value of this contract is estimated to be £5.2 million.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: No realistic alternative provider' / 'Patient Choice / Weighting: 100

Price - Weighting: 0

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Option to extend for two six month periods.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

29 March 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Sudborough House, St Mary's Hospital, London Road, Kettering

Northamptonshire

NN15 7PW

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
National registration number

CRN: N/A - RP1

Internet address

www.nhft.nhs.uk

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £5,200,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £5,200,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award.

There were no declared or potential conflicts of interest.

The decision makers for this process are East Midlands Joint Commissioning Sub-Committee (JCSC).

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board

Francis Crick House, Summerhouse Road, Moulton Park

Northampton

NN3 6BF

Country

United Kingdom