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Coming up· published 20 Jun 2025

EOI: Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board · Gedling, East Midlands

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board is planning EOI: Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It is a contract for other health and social care in Gedling.

Source: Find a Tender, published 20 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Pipeline notice published

    Planning Notice · 13:36

    View notice
  2. 2025

    Tender notice expected

    Date given in the buyer's earlier notice

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board is planning EOI: Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It is a contract for other health and social care in Gedling. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £2,601,610.

Find a Tender published it on 20 June 2025. The notice number is 034088-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0550fb. Bids are made through the buyer's Atamis portal.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board, alongside the NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, is in the planning stage for a public procurement process seeking expressions of interest for the provision of Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, including Bassetlaw. The procurement is classified under dental practice and related services, with an indicative contract value of £2,601,610.

The procurement process is currently in the planning stage with a focus on assessing market interest and capability via a pre-market engagement questionnaire. Interested parties are encouraged to respond by 5 PM on 4th July 2025, with the contracts expected to commence on 1st April 2026. Providers with existing infrastructure for mobile services and the ability to manage service delivery without a fixed clinic will find this tender particularly appealing.

The goal is to ensure these services reach vulnerable populations across the East Midlands, thus enabling growth within the healthcare sector and supporting regional health objectives.

The notice in full

*This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN)*

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB (referred to as the Commissioners) wish to inform the market of a future procurement opportunity for Dental Domiciliary Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (to include Bassetlaw).

The Commissioner would like to invite interested providers to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire which will be used as a conduit to ascertain market capability and interest in the opportunity, prior to publication of the formal procurement opportunity in Summer 2025. The questionnaire will help Commissioners to:

* Gain market views on the viability of procuring the Domiciliary Dental service,

* Determine length of future contracts.

A draft Service Specification has been provided by the Commissioner (which can be found in the attachments areas of Atamis), Providers are to note that this Specification is in a draft format and is subject to change for the formal tender process. The Service Specification has been published to allow Providers to give appropriate responses to the questions asked in the Market Assessment questionnaire.

The contract to be entered into will be in accordance with the NHS Personal Dental Services (PDS) Agreement and the Commissioners intend to offer two Personal Dental Services contracts, one contract covering Derbyshire and another covering Nottinghamshire (including Bassetlaw). Both contracts are due to commence on 1st April 2026.

If your organisation is interested in this opportunity, then please respond to the early market assessment questions on Atamis and register your interest by following the instructions given below in section I.2.14.1 Additional information. Please note the deadline for interested providers to complete the early market assessment is 5pm on Friday 4th July 2025.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Planned

    This notice is purely for providers to express an interest in the opportunity to provide for Dental Domiciliary Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (including Bassetlaw).

    Domiciliary dental services are concerned with providing and enabling the improvement of oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, or medical factor that limits their ability to access oral health care services appropriate to their needs.

    Patients eligible for treatment under these services will have long term and/or progressive medical conditions; mental illness or dementia, causing disorientation and confusion in unfamiliar environments or increasing frailty which means that they are not able to travel to a dental surgery.

    Providers are to note, although a premises / dental clinic is not required for patients to access the service, the Commissioner still expects providers to have a fit for purpose dental premises for the purposes of decontamination of dental equipment. Therefore, it will be the responsibility of the new Provider/s to source suitable premises for this to take place.

    Please note the deadline for expressing an interest is 5pm on Friday 4th July 2025. Additional information: This is purely an early engagement exercise; any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.

    This is a market testing exercise and does not commit the Commissioners to carry out a procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements.

    The awarding of this contract will be subject to the HealthCare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 will not apply to this award.

    The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system for this market engagement exercise. To express an interest and access the questionnaire go to the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-tendering portal at the following

    link: https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?searchtype=Projects and register your interest.

    You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C366140 - EOI: Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

    Please note the deadline to complete the early market assessment questionnaire is 5pm on Friday 4th July 2025.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1

Procedure

Notice type
Planning Notice
Current stage
Planning
Stages so far
Planning
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Buyer's portal
Atamis

Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.

Values

Tender value
£2,601,610

Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Planned
Lots
Planned

Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.

References

Find a Tender notice
034088-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0550fb
CPV code
85130000 - Dental practice and related services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board is based in Gedling. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Gedling
Town
Nottingham
Postcode
NG5 6DA
Electoral ward
Daybrook
Constituency
Gedling
Delivery area
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Region
East Midlands
Sub-region
South Nottinghamshire
Area
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Country
England
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Buyer

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Neelam Saroe
Address
Nottingham, NG5 6DA · East Midlands · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about EOI: Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

When will the EOI: Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire tender open?

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.

How much is the EOI: Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire contract worth?

The estimated value is £2,601,610.

Who is the buyer for EOI: Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire?

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board, based in Gedling, East Midlands. The named contact is Neelam Saroe.

How do I bid for EOI: Domiciliary Dental Services across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire?

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What to do next

  1. Read the early notice in full.
  2. Answer any market engagement questions.
  3. Gather your evidence and case studies now.
  4. Check your policies are up to date.
  5. Watch for the tender notice.