Urgent Dental Out of Hours 2026/28

Location

Marlowes

Description

The dental out of hours service for Hertfordshire offers urgent dental care to patients who have an urgent clinical dental need out side of normal hours. The service operates Monday - Friday 6-8pm and Weekends and Bank Holidays between 10am - 6pm from 2 sites in Stevenage and Rickmansworth.Patients are clinically triaged via NHS 111 by a dental nurse and booked appointments into one of the 2 sites.To confirm as per the PSR direct award process C, the existing provider satisfies the existing contract, delivering a good service, meeting all the KPIs with no quality concerns and good outcomes. No concerns have been raised by patients and the current contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contract.

Total Quantity or Scope

The service operates Monday - Friday 6-8pm and Weekends and Bank Holidays between 10am - 6pm from 2 sites in Stevenage and Rickmansworth.Patients are clinically triaged via NHS 111 by a dental nurse and booked appointments into one of the 2 sites.There is no material change to the new contract being offered and therefore a direct award process C has been completed under the PSR and a robust due diligence process has been completed to ensure providers meet all the Basic and Key Criterion.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85130000 - Dental practice and related services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 02/04/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 02/04/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.Any representations should be sent to hweicbhv.dental@nhs.net The Primary Care Commissioning Committee approved the approach for the PSR DAP-C process on 19/08/2025 and further approved the contract awards on 19/03/2026. There were no conflicts or potential conflicts declared.