Dental Practice Tenders and Contracts

Dental practice procurement covers NHS dental services such as general dental and orthodontic contracts and urgent care helplines, and the supplies behind them: surgical instruments, consumables, chairs and other equipment. Servicing of autoclaves and dental chairs, and dental software, are bought as well.

Stotles brings together dental tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Dental supplies are often called off from NHS Supply Chain frameworks, and NHS dental services are commissioned by integrated care boards and health boards, often under the Provider Selection Regime.

Dental service tenders are scored on clinical quality, access and capacity, patient experience and value, while supply tenders score product range, price and delivery. Many supplies are bought through national frameworks, so a framework place is usually needed.

Dental professionals must be registered with the General Dental Council, dental practices in England must be registered with the Care Quality Commission, and medical devices must be registered with the MHRA. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

NHS trusts and integrated care boards are common buyers, alongside universities that run dental schools and clinics. Some contracts are commissioned through NHS Supply Chain framework agreements.

Read commissioning intentions, service reviews, market position statements and Provider Selection Regime notices, which show dental practice work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the commissioners behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.