Official UK procurement notice
DHSC:OHID:Water Fluoridation Engineering Support
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis specialist engineer will support the delivery of the DHSC's water fluoridation functions in relation to delivery of current and future water fluoridation schemes. The Water Fluoridation Scheme supports the DHSC's responsibilities for reducing health inequalities and ensuring children have the best start in life by ensuring that water companies deliver services in line with the agreements they hold with the DHSC.
CPV: Engineering support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This procurement was conducted to award for a specialist engineer to support support…AwardedPublished value£1,248,000
This procurement was conducted to award for a specialist engineer to support support the DHSC to deliver the its commitment to reduce oral health inequalities and tooth decay rates, especially amongst children by providing advise to the DHSC on the efficiency and feasibility of current water fluoridation programmes by water companies, as per agreement held with water companies.<br/>The advertised contract value was £1.248.000 exclusive of VAT and the anticipated contract start date was 01/04/2025. The contract was awarded for 5 years with an expiry date of - 31/03/2030<br/>Deadline for submitting tenders was 21/02/2025 and the route to market was an Open Procedure under PCR 2015.<br/>There were no challenges during the standstill period and One contract for the value of 1,067,934.63 was successfully awarded.
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- Price
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
- 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
- 22 Jan 2025, 14:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 May 2025, 14:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
C331139- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-023286- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d577Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 21 Feb 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
Timeline
22 Jan 2025 → 20 Jun 2025 · 5 dates- Bids opened22 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission deadline21 Feb 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published20 May 2025, 14:15 BST
- Bids must remain valid until20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025- Status changed to complete20 May 2025, 14:15 BST
- Buyer details updated20 May 2025, 14:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCU GROUP LTD | £1,067,935 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 023286-2025-1 · OCU GROUP LTD
- Signed
- 28 Apr 2025
- Value
- £1,067,935
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Department of Health and Social CareContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- OCU GROUP LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.