Dental practice and related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 85130000·Services · class·in Health & Social Care
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 81 lots from 42 competitions run by 26 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 5 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 76 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 459 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
85130000 Dental practice and related services358 notices · 70%85131000 Dental-practice services104 notices · 20%85131100 Orthodontic services92 notices · 18%85131110 Orthodontic-surgery services9 notices · 2%- Health services 2,178 · 12m
- Social work services 974 · 12m
- Medical practice and related services 874 · 12m
- Miscellaneous health services 786 · 12m
- Hospital and related services 706 · 12m
- Social services 573 · 12m
- Social work and related services 478 · 12m
- Medical imaging services 104 · 12m
- Optician services 30 · 12m
- Veterinary services 19 · 12m
- All of Health & Social Care →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government47%(242 notices)
242 of 515 notices are Central government (47%).NHS & health37%(192 notices)
192 of 515 notices are NHS & health (37%).Local authorities8%(42 notices)
42 of 515 notices are Local authorities (8%).Other public bodies4%(19 notices)
19 of 515 notices are Other public bodies (4%).Education & universities3%(14 notices)
14 of 515 notices are Education & universities (3%).Not classified1%(6 notices)
6 of 515 notices are Not classified (1%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board | NHS & health | 41 | 41 | 0 |
| NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board | Central government | 27 | 15 | 0 |
| Powys Teaching Health Board | Other public bodies | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| NHS England | Central government | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | Central government | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board (ICB) | NHS & health | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board | Central government | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board | Central government | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | NHS & health | 13 | 10 | 0 |
| NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board | Central government | 12 | 8 | 0 |
142 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 491 of 515 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| East of England | 2 | 90% | 76% | |
| West Midlands | — | 88% | 83% | |
| South East England | — | 68% | 85% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 2 | 82% | 60% | |
| North East England | — | 40% | 89% | |
| North West England | — | 40% | 91% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | 33% | 88% | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | 83% | 65% | |
| Greater London | — | 15% | 93% | |
| Scotland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract95%(490 notices)
490 of 515 notices are Contract (95%).Framework5%(25 notices)
25 of 515 notices are Framework (5%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Limited / restricted49%(252 notices)
252 of 515 notices are Limited / restricted (49%).Route not published25%(127 notices)
127 of 515 notices are Route not published (25%).Open22%(115 notices)
115 of 515 notices are Open (22%).Direct award3%(13 notices)
13 of 515 notices are Direct award (3%).Selective2%(8 notices)
8 of 515 notices are Selective (2%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold72%(13 notices)
13 of 18 notices are Above threshold (72%).Below threshold28%(5 notices)
5 of 18 notices are Below threshold (28%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (363) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid20%(16)
16 of 81 lots fall in 1 bid (20%).2–332%(26)
26 of 81 lots fall in 2–3 (32%).4–626%(21)
21 of 81 lots fall in 4–6 (26%).7 or more22%(18)
18 of 81 lots fall in 7 or more (22%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 81 lots from 42 competitions run by 26 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 5 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 76 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
65 of 318 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 45 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
155 SME bids out of 182, on 49 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
218 of 339 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 54 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
7 of 363 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 608 awards to 379 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 13% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Community Dental Services CIC | 11 | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| Damira Dental Studios Ltd | 7 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| Paul John Jones | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Whittington Health NHS Trust | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries T/A Dentistry For You | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Time for Teeth Ltd | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 107 of 515 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 8513. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.