Official UK procurement notice
South Cumbria Community Dental Services
Authority: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of South Cumbria Community Dental Services.
CPV: Dental practice and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The provision of Community Dental Services (Special Care and Paediatric Dental…Awarded
The provision of Community Dental Services (Special Care and Paediatric Dental Services, Urgent Dental Care Services and Routine Dental Care Services) in South Cumbria.
Start Date: 1st April 2026.
End Date: 31st March 2028.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £4,521,074 however the final contract value is still to be finalised.
The ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Dec 2025, 18:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Dec 2025, 18:19 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078674- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec61Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
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 processes as set out in the PSR have been applied and not the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of the notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 12th December 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
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 processes as set out in the PSR have been applied and not the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 12th December 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to lscicb.procurement@nhs.net Details of Decision Makers: The recommendation to award the contract via this route has been made by the ICB commissioning leads for the service and was then endorsed at the Primary Care Contracting Sub Committee on the 11th September 2025.The final decision to award the contract was made by the LSC ICB Executive Team on the 7th October 2025. This award is in compliance with direct award route c as there is an existing provider for the services and the existing provider is satisfying the original contract, will likely satisfy the proposed new contract and the services are not changing considerably. In completion of the service and provider assessment, the relative importance of the key criteria (Quality and Innovation, Value, Integration, Collaboration, and Service Sustainability, Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, and Facilitating Choice, and Social Value) were considered against the current contract specification and the ICB are assured that the provider is satisfying the requirements within the specification in relation to the key criteria. The ICB are also satisfied that the provider meets the basic selection criteria. There were no conflicts of interest identified.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | £4,521,074 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
South Cumbria Community Dental Services · North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 7 Oct 2025
- Value
- £4,521,074
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.