Dental Electronic Referral Management System Services (DeRMS)

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking an Open Procedure to commission a Dental Electronic Referral Management System Service for the North East of England under Atamis Reference NHSE1065.

The awarding of this contract is subject to The Procurement Act 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime 2023 and/ or Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years commencing on 01 July 2026, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.

The closing date for submission of competition response is by 12 noon on 17th October 2025.

Additional information

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this competition and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including response submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via:

Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00 pm

Competition documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 12th September 2025.