Contract

Provision of General Dental Services for South Ceredigion – North Pembrokeshire border

  • NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-038258

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04b137 (view related notices)

Published 8 July 2025, 2:09pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

Ty Gorwel, St Davids Park

Carmarthen

SA31 3BB

Contact

Sara Pell

Email

sara.pell@wales.nhs.uk

Telephone

+44 1443848585

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/

Buyer's address

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221

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

Provision of General Dental Services for South Ceredigion – North Pembrokeshire border

Reference number

HDD-OJEULT-57597

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85131000 - Dental-practice services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Hywel Dda University Health Board are seeking to commission General Dental Services for the South Ceredigion-North Pembs Border area

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85130000 - Dental practice and related services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL14 - South West Wales
Main site or place of performance

South Ceredigion-North Pembs Border area

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Provision of General Dental Services for Hywel Dda University Health Board within the South Ceredigion-North Pembrokeshire Border cluster area.

The aims for general dental service provision within the cluster areas is:

To provide access for the local population to NHS Dental Services

To deliver appropriate, quality, efficient and cost-effective services within the mandatory and potential additional services framework of the Personal Dental Services (PDS) regulations and agreement and the Welsh Government (WG) Dental Contract Reform (DCR) programme and the associated GDS/PDS Contract Variation in respect of contract reform elements.

To develop services in line with the Welsh Government and Hywel Dda University Health Board’s aim for Primary Care Dental provision to improve the oral health of the population and contribute to reduction in health inequalities

To provide high quality General Dental Services and potentially additional enhanced services that meet the specific needs of diverse population groups within the Health Board (HB) area, including flexibility of appointment times.

To establish a positive working relationship between the HB and other professional groups to facilitate and maximise service delivery

To deliver services in a Multi-Disciplinary Team approach (MDT) aligned to the requirements of contract reform and following WG approach to develop and optimise the available skill mix.

To deliver NHS Dental Services in line with the annual interim/contract variation guidance issued by WG for the transition of service delivery under contract reform

The indicative number of patients to be served by the practice per annum is 5943

The contract will be offered offered under the terms of the NHS (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006 and subsequent amendments plus a Dental Contract Reform Contact Variation/Service Level Agreement. The PDS regulations detail mandatory services and additional services. The clinical services to be provided are those deemed as mandatory services and as a minimum, the provider must meet the requirements of the NHS (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006 in all aspects relating to the provision of mandatory services.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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

Open procedure

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-034593


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

HDD-OJEULT-57597

A contract/lot is awarded: No

five.1) Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded

No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

(WA Ref:153185)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079477501

Country

United Kingdom