This is an intention to award notice under the Competitive Process.<br/>NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) intend to award a contract to KITSUNGI LTD for Recurrent Distribution of Orthodontic UOAs in Northampton following a robust Competitive Process under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. <br/><br/>Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 3rd November 2026.

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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 2400hrs on 3rd November 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.<br/>Written representations need to be sent via the Atamis e-tendering portal, Project Reference: C421745 -Recurrent Redistribution of Orthodontic UOAs in Northampton<br/><br/>The evaluation panel completed individual evaluations for assigned questions and took part in moderation to agree and finalise scores and rationales. The panel comprised of the following representatives from Northamptonshire ICB.<br/><br/>Commissioning Lead- Evaluator<br/>Associate Medical Director- Evaluator<br/>Contracts Officer- Evaluator<br/>Senior Commissioning Manager- Evaluator<br/>Finance Officer- Evaluator<br/>Finance Support Officer- Evaluator<br/>Commissioning Manager- Evaluator<br/>Primary Care Support Officer- Evaluator<br/>Senior Clinical Dental Advisor- Evaluator<br/>Contracts Officer- Evaluator<br/><br/>The award decision makers were:<br/><br/>Board/governance group: East Midlands Dental Assurance Information Group, approval to proceed with the Competitive Process on 8 December 2025.<br/><br/>Final award approval: <br/>Head of Primary Care and Director of Primary Care, on behalf of NHS Northamptonshire ICB, under the applicable delegated approval arrangements and SRO/Head East Midlands Primary Care Team.<br/><br/>Project and evaluation group<br/>The procurement was supported by NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit and the East Midlands Primary Care Team.<br/><br/>The evaluation groups comprised:<br/><br/>Basic Selection Criteria: <br/>Contract Manager / Commissioning Lead<br/>Contracts Officer<br/>Information Governance Manager<br/>Primary Care Support Officer<br/>Finance Support Officer<br/>Finance Officer<br/><br/>Key Criteria: <br/>Commissioning Manager<br/>Senior Clinical Dental Advisor<br/>Associate Medical Director<br/>Finance Support Officer<br/>Finance Officer <br/>Contracts Officer <br/>Contract Manager / Commissioning Lead<br/>Senior Commissioning Manager<br/><br/>Procurement lead/support: <br/>Procurement Manager NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit. <br/>Procurement Officer NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit<br/><br/>There was 1 perceived Conflict of interest identified throughout the process whereby an evaluator provides clinical advice to other NHS organisations and is employed by NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB and NHS Bedford, Luton & Milton Keynes ICB as a Dental Advisor. This was reviewed by the Project Lead and a decision was taken for the evaluator to maintain their position on the evaluation panel, and was mitigated as no prior information or contractual information regarding the Providers was taken into consideration when evaluating, and evaluation was conducted by multiple evaluators and moderation overseen by an AGEM representative, and the evaluator was never the sole voice on any scores, as each question was discussed in depth as part of a robust moderation process.<br/><br/>The Basic Selection Criteria Questions were Pass/Fail and the weightings for the Key Criteria Questions were as follows and were scored on a 0-5 scoring mechanism;<br/>Key Criteria 1: Quality and Innovation: 47.00%<br/>Key Criteria 2: Value: 6.00% <br/>Key Criteria 3: Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 29.00%<br/>Key Criteria 4: Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 8.00%<br/>Key Criteria 5: Social Value: 10.00%<br/><br/>The preferred Provider was awarded the contract based on the highest overall weighted score for Key Criteria and meeting all of the Basic Selection Criteria.

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) intend to award a contract to KITSUNGI LTD for Recurrent Distribution of Orthodontic UOAs in Northampton following a robust competitive process. <br/><br/>This will be a PDS contract with a service commencement of 1st February 2027 for a period of 3 years, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years (total contract duration, including extensions 5 years) till 31st January 2032.<br/><br/>The estimated lifetime value of the contract (including extensions) is £3,031,914.50. <br/><br/>This is an existing service and has awarded to a new provider. Options: The Services are intended to be provided from 1st February 2027 for a period of 3 years, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years (total contract duration, including extensions 5 years) till 31st January 2032.

Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Open procedure

Lot 1: Bids: 6 Lot 1: Sme bids: 4