Gloucestershire Dental Treatment Hub - Primary Care Dental Services Contract

NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board is seeking a dental provider to establish and operate a new primary care Dental Treatment Hub in Gloucester, located at the University of Gloucestershire's Three Counties Dental School. This Personal Dental Services (PDS) contract aims to increase access to NHS dentistry in an area of high deprivation. The service will operate from a mandated facility with capacity for up to 6 dental chairs at 3rd floor, City Campus, Northgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1SQ. The successful provider will secure a lease with the University of Gloucestershire and will be responsible for additional fit-out, equipment, and recurrent costs (rent, rates, cleaning, lighting, maintenance). The provider must deliver urgent care, dental access pathways, health inequalities services, and routine care, and is expected to become a postgraduate training practice hosting foundation dentists (with funding applied for through NHS Workforce Training and Education). The initial contract term is 10 years with options to extend for up to two further 5-year periods. Service commencement is scheduled for 1 September 2026, with rental payments beginning 1 March 2027. The Commissioner has allocated a maximum financial envelope of £1,200,000 per annum (£12,000,000 total excluding extensions; £24,000,000 including extensions). Private treatment may be offered from the same premises subject to Commissioner approval, provided it does not compromise NHS service delivery.