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Awarded· 11 Sept 2025

The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Ipswich, East of England

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich.

Source: Find a Tender, published 25 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Community Dental Services

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 08:54

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  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 11:56

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich. The contract went to Community Dental Services. It was awarded on 11 September 2025. The contract value is £259,776.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 25 November 2025. The notice number is 076805-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05d222.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract titled "The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk". This service, classified under dental practice and related services (CPV: 85130000), will be delivered from Nash House, Ipswich, and Saxon House, Bury St Edmunds. The service operates on weekends and bank holidays from 8am to 4pm and is referred via NHS111.

Following a direct award procedure without prior publication, due to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, the contract was formally awarded on 23rd October 2025. It covers the period from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027 with an estimated contract value of £259,776.74. Organisations capable of delivering high-quality, unscheduled dental services will find this contract particularly fitting.

This contract, managed by the NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, may also allow for service expansions, appealing to providers looking to enhance their service offerings in the future.

The notice in full

The service delivers unscheduled dental care to the general public on weekends and bank holidays from Nash House, Ipswich and Saxon House, Bury St Edmunds. The agreement is based on sessions; 8am to 4pm Saturday, 8am to 4pm Sunday and 8am to 4pm each public Bank Holiday at each of the two sites. Service referrals are via NHS111.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    The service delivers unscheduled dental care to the general public on weekends and bank holidays from Nash House, Ipswich and Saxon House, Bury St Edmunds. The agreement is based on sessions; 8am to 4pm Saturday, 8am to 4pm Sunday and 8am to 4pm each public Bank Holiday at each of the two sites.

    Service referrals are via NHS111. - Start date of 1st April 2026 and end date of 31st March 2027.

    One year contract, paid in 12 equal monthly instalments, for an annual contract value of PS259,776.74 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.

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Other
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Community Dental Services
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
Large
Buyer's portal
In-Tend

Values

Contracts value
£259,776

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
076805-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d222
CPV code
85130000 - Dental practice and related services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is based in Ipswich. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Ipswich
Town
Ipswich
Postcode
IP1 2BX
Electoral ward
Gipping
Constituency
Ipswich
Delivery area
Suffolk CC
Region
East of England
Sub-region
Ipswich
Area
Suffolk
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Address
Ipswich, IP1 2BX · East of England · England

Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Community Dental Services
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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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 The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk

Who won the The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk contract?

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Community Dental Services on 11 September 2025.

How much is the The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk contract worth?

The contract value is £259,776.

Who is the buyer for The Provision of Out of Hours Dental Services in Suffolk?

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Ipswich, East of England.

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