Northamptonshire Community Dental Service [Direct Award Process A]
NHS Northamptonshire ICBEstimated Value
Up to £5,200,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
20 June 2025
Type
services
Overview
The Northamptonshire Community Dental Service delivers dental services to patients who are unable to access primary care dentistry e.g. patients who may have special needs, learning disabilities, significant health problems etc. Patients are referred into the service and need to meet clinical criteria to be accepted. Services provided cover mandatory services, Oral Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Domiciliary Visits, GA pathway for children and special care patients and sedation.
The current annual contract value is circa £2.6m following annual uplifts. Currently the nature of the service mean there are no realistic alternative providers, due to the provider operates an integrated workforce model to deliver their portfolio of services.
It would not be viable to manage TUPE arrangements to an alternative provider to ensure continuity of service provision. Current provision is from within the providers existing estates in hospital setting as well delivering services from Health Centres across Northamptonshire.
Additional details
Part of the services in rural areas use shared accommodation and support services that provide efficiencies that would not be possible for standalone services, and these dependencies would not be possible under another provider at this time without detrimental impact to patient care and service delivery. The Northamptonshire Community Dental Service delivers dental services to patients who are unable to access primary care dentistry e.g. patients who may have special needs, learning disabilities, significant health problems etc. Patients are referred into the service and need to meet clinical criteria to be accepted.
Services provided cover mandatory services, Oral Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Domiciliary Visits, GA pathway for children and special care patients and sedation. This award has been made under Direct Award A following assessment and that this is an existing provider and there are no current realistic alternative to the current provider.
The current annual contract value is circa £2.6m following annual uplifts, and the contract will run from 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 with two six month extensions optional. The lifetime value of this contract is estimated to be £5.2 million.
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Award Details
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£5,200,000
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Oasis Dental Care Limited
1 contract wonlatest 18 Sept 2025£12m
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NHS Northamptonshire ICBKey Dates
Published
20 June 2025
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Notice type
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