Framework agreement for the provision of Dental Lab Services

What the buyer is asking for

A lot-based competitive flexible procedure approach to creating an open framework under PA23 with an initial duration of 3 years. The framework will cover the following lots: Lot 1 - Fixed Prosthodontics Lot 2 - Removable Prosthodontics Lot 3 - Orthodontics Lot 4 - Restorative Dentistry

How this is scored

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• 80%qualityQuality70% Quality (Service Delivery, Staffing, Standards, Reporting) 10% Social Value
• 20%pricePrice Assessment

4 lots

You can usually bid for one lot without bidding for all of them.

• Fixed Prosthodontics£833k

  • To include implant retained reconstruction • Full range of fixed appliances including tooth supported and implant-retained • Any work provided at existing or increased occluso-vertical dimension • Full mouth reconstruction • Multiple conventional and adhesive bridgework and implant-retained • Precision attachment

• Removable prosthodontics£833k

  • Full range of removable prosthodontics to include implant-retained reconstruction • Complete dentures in atrophic mandible/maxilla • 2-part dentures • Copy dentures • Obturators • Speech bulbs/lift appliance • Work for cleft/oncology cases • Cobalt chrome or acrylic dentures at existing and increased OVD • All implant retained/supported dentures (bar/ locators) • Sleep apnoea appliances • Essix retainers • Bleaching trays • Michigan style splints • Dual laminate vacuum formed splints • Surgical and radiographic templates using various radio-opaque markers

• Orthodontics£833k

  • Full Range of Removable appliances and functional appliances • Complex functional appliances (Teuscher, Van Beek, Twin Blocks with advancement screws) • Frankel appliances • Full range of Fixed appliances • Expansion devices including Rapid Maxillary Expansion

• Restorative Dentistry£833k

  This is a stand-alone lot to support the rehabilitation of patients with benign and malignant lesions of the head and neck. Treatment involves pre, intra and post-surgical and/or adjunctive treatment, for example, with radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Treatment of these patients could involve provision of fixed or removable prostheses on teeth or dental implants either conforming to the current occlusion or at an increased vertical dimension of occlusion. This lot includes extra oral prostheses, including nose, eye and ear prostheses usually retained using dental implants.

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published8 days ago

   29 Oct 2026, 16:52 GMT
2. Clarification questions byin 17 days

   23 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 28 days

   4 Dec 2026, 13:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 207 days

   1 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

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Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice29 Oct 2026, 16:37 GMT102853-2026
2. Tender updated29 Oct 2026, 16:52 GMT102868-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender