Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 21 May 2025, 17:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Dental Laboratory Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Barts Health NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£760,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 6 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 2 yrsends 30 Sept 2027 · up to 22 Aug 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of the contract(s) is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime (PSR)) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this notice.<br/><br/>Following market engagement activities which took place between 21st May and 5th June 2025, HealthTrust Europe (HTE) is issuing this Contract Notice on behalf of Barts Health NHS Trust who is seeking to procure dental laboratory services for the registered patient population of City of London and East London, UK.<br/><br/>Barts Health NHS Trust Institute of Dentistry is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement to appoint qualified and experienced providers who have the capability of providing external dental laboratory services to support the Trusts day-to-day dental procedures and patient care activities.<br/><br/>The scope of this agreement is to fulfil the Trusts requirement for external dental laboratory work for:<br/><br/>

  • Fixed Prosthodontics,<br/>
  • Removable Prosthetics, and<br/>
  • Orthodontics<br/><br/>Contracting authority: Barts Health NHS Trust<br/>Contact: Zeneb Paasha<br/>Email: zeneb.paasha@nhs.net<br/><br/>Any concerns or complaints about this procurement should be submitted in writing via Atamis atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗ in accordance with the HealthTrust Europe LLP Procurement Complaints Procedure, available upon request.<br/><br/>Participation for this tender closes at 17:00hrs 18th July 2025
  • Recurrence: 24-48 months

CPV: Dental practice and related services · Dental-practice services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
2 yrs · up to 2 yrs 11 mo from 1 Oct 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrsPublished value£760,000
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 22 Aug 2028 with extensions
Delivery: UK · London
Extensions: Contract may be extended by two x 12 months · May be extended by two x 12 monthsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability
    • Tenderers MUST be registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) as a mandatory requirement. Any tenderers who do not meet this requirement will not be able to partake in this tender.
  • Economic & financial standing

    As listed in the tender documentation

  • Technical & professional ability

    As listed in the tender documentation

What this means for your bid
  • “Dental Laboratory Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · 24-48 months
First published
21 May 2025, 17:02 BST
Last source update
20 Jun 2025, 20:34 BST
Award evaluation window
21 Jul 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034212
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Dental practice and related servicesDental-practice services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051c04 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Appointment period ends
18 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
21 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 May 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 17:02 BST
  2. Market engagement
    5 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    Participation for this market engagement closes at 12:00hrs 5th June 2025

  3. Tender notice expected
    6 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Latest notice published
    20 Jun 2025, 20:34 BST
  5. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    18 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
  6. Bids opened
    21 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
  7. Contract starts391 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 May 2025, 17:02 BST
    UK2
  2. Published value updated to £760,000
    20 Jun 2025, 20:34 BST
    was £764,000
  3. Status changed to active
    20 Jun 2025, 20:34 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    20 Jun 2025, 20:34 BST
  5. Deadline published: 18 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
    20 Jun 2025, 20:34 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    20 Jun 2025, 20:34 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Barts Health NHS Trust

Contracting authorityHealthPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVTL-5832-LMDG 20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, London, E14 5HJContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure