Awarded· 20 Oct 2025
Primary Dental Services
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Ipswich, East
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Primary Dental Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich.
Source: Find a Tender, published 12 Jan 2026. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Tuddenham Road Dental Surgery
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 12:29
View notice2026
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 09:46
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded Primary Dental Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich. The contract went to Tuddenham Road Dental Surgery. It was awarded on 20 October 2025. The contract value is £210,941.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 12 January 2026. The notice number is 002116-2026. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05e921.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB) has awarded a contract for Primary Dental Services in Ipswich, Suffolk, under the industry's dental practice and related services classification (CPV code: 85130000). This contract, effective from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2031, is valued at £210,941.25 excluding VAT.
The procurement process followed the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, utilising a direct award through process C, bypassing the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The formal contract award notice was issued on 26th November 2025, after the decision was made by the ICB Dental Committee on 14th October 2025, ensuring quality service delivery by the existing provider, Tuddenham Road Dental Surgery.
This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs), already involved in the dental services sector or those looking to expand their footprint in the healthcare market within the UK. Additionally, there's scope for prospective providers who can offer innovative, high-quality, and value-driven dental care solutions aligned with SNEE ICB's objectives.
The notice in full
Primary Dental Services for patients within Suffolk.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The service will continue to provide Primary Dental Services in Ipswich. The contract has previously been renewed annually but will now change to a five-year term from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2032.
The lifetime value of the contract is expected to be PS210,941.25 (subject to DDRB uplifts) NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice.
The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time.
Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Tuddenham Road Dental Surgery
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £210,941
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 002116-2026
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e921
- CPV code
- 85130000 - Dental practice and related services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Ipswich
- Town
- Ipswich
- Postcode
- IP1 2BX
- Electoral ward
- Gipping
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Delivery area
- Suffolk CC
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Ipswich
- Area
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Ipswich, IP1 2BX · East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Tuddenham Road Dental Surgery
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Primary Dental Services
Who won the Primary Dental Services contract?
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Tuddenham Road Dental Surgery on 20 October 2025.
How much is the Primary Dental Services contract worth?
The contract value is £210,941.
Who is the buyer for Primary Dental Services?
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Ipswich, East.
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