Dental Out of Hours Service across Kings Lynn

CPV: Dental-practice services

Procedure method

Open procedure

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

No (one-off requirement)

First published

21 Jul 2025, 10:23 BST

Last source update

26 Sept 2025, 15:07 BST

Award evaluation window

26 Aug 2025 – …

Authority reference

AG25517

FTS notice number

2025/S 000-060239

Classification (CPV)

Dental-practice services

Delivery area

East of England (UKH15)

Official registry OCID

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Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. <br/><br/>The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 12 (midnight) on Thursday 9th October 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.<br/><br/>Written representations need to be sent via the Atamis e-tendering portal, Project Reference: C377280 - Dental Out of Hours Services for Kings Lynn.<br/><br/>The award decision makers are Primary Care Commissioning Committee, NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB and;<br/><br/>The Project Group:<br/><br/>The evaluation panel who consisted of NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board personnel: -<br/><br/>Senior Primary Care Commissioning Manager<br/>Senior Primary Care Service Delivery Manager<br/>Finance Manager<br/>Head of Finance Primary Care & Corporate<br/>Primary Care Commissioning Support Officer<br/>Primary Care Commissioning Officer<br/>Head of Quality East / West<br/>Senior Lead Nurse<br/><br/>No conflicts of interest were identified as part of this process.<br/><br/>The Basic Selection Criteria was scored on a Pass/Fail or For Information basis. The Key Criteria were a combination of Pass/Fail or weighted questions as follows:<br/><br/>1. Quality and Innovation - 50.00%<br/>1. Value - Pass/Fail 0.00%<br/>2. Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability -28.00%<br/>3. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating Choice - 19.00%<br/>4. Social Value - 3.00%<br/><br/>The weightings for the 5 key criteria were determined by the procurement panel to give appropriate relative importance to each of the sections equally in line with the commissioning expectations for the service. These were assessed on a scored basis (0-5), with the exception of the Value Key Criteria which was scored on a Pass/Fail basis, as per the evaluation criteria set out within the procurement documentation.<br/><br/>The awarded Provider has been selected as they have met all requirements of the Basic Selection Criteria and scored the highest overall out of 100 against the published Key Criteria (listed above).

Submission deadline

26 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST

Submission channel

{"electronicSubmission","written"}

Accepted languages

en

Bid validity

120 days from the deadline

Bids opened

26 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST

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