Awarded contract

Dental Referral Management Service across Cheshire and Merseyside

Details

Buyer: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
Supplier(s): Referral Management Services Limited
Value: £713,700
Topic: Health services
Published: 19 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The service receives and manages a range of referral types from dentists. Lot 1: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - intend to award a 1 year contract via Direct Award C to incumbent provider to deliver Dental Referral Management Service across Cheshire and Merseyside. The contract will start on the 1st of April 2026, expire on 31st March 2027 and has an annual contract value of £713,700.

Timeline

Completed: Award date16 February 2026
Completed: Award published19 March 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB commissions NHS services, and formed in July 2022 from nine legacy clinical commissioning groups. National and local framework agreements are also used, awarded directly or through a mini competition. Providers can seek accreditation by contacting the ICB's procurement team directly.

Contracts are awarded by direct award, by varying an existing agreement, or through open competitive procurement. Every award follows the Provider Selection Regime and the Procurement Act 2023.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB's contract awards have been in health and social work and education and training.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov