Dental Primary Care

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Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB) has identified a number of areas as having limited dental access according to the population size and need. To support access SNEE ICB will be undertaking an open procurement in the near future. This notice is to make potential providers aware of this imminent opportunity and to promote two market engagement sessions. The areas which would be available as opportunities within the procurement are as follows: -Bury St Edmunds - UDAs available - 33,807 -Brandon - UDAs available - 14,744 -Eye and North West Suffolk - UDAs available - 21,942 -Saxmundham and North East Suffolk (including Leiston) - UDAs available - 29,165 Subject to the finalisation of discussions this procurement may also cover the following locality within North East Essex: -Harwich - UDAs available - 10,329 The competitive process is expected to launch on Friday 23 January 2026, with a view to mobilisation of the new contracts from June 2026. SNEE ICB will be hosting workshop sessions via MS Teams to confirm the vision for procurement of primary care dental services in the above areas and to provide guidance on responding to the tender. The sessions will be attended by SNEE ICB's procurement lead and members of the dental commissioning team and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Tuesday 20 January 2026: 1800-1900 Thursday 22 January 2026: 1300-1400 If you would like to register for one of these sessions, please email procurement@snee.nhs.uk with your name, organisation, email address and session preference. A link to the event will be shared nearer the time.

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