# Orthodontic Services - Trafford

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by North Of England Commissioning Support.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [North Of England Commissioning Support](/buyers/north-of-england-commissioning-support/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Lotus Orthodontics
- Award value: £157,237
- Tender value: £157,237
- Award date: 31 January 2021
- Published: 8 April 2021
- Contract start: 1 April 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 7f6b4f20-c980-4079-8960-ccfadb77ae9b-425911
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-39a6f3d0-ac6f-460c-9668-0c2d41c22d3d

## Description

Contract awarded by Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership\. Orthodontics is a dental specialty concerned with facial growth, development of the dentition and occlusion, and the assessment, diagnosis, interception and treatment of malocclusions and facial irregularities\. Each course of treatment can take approximately 2 years or more dependent on complexity to complete with appointments every 5 to 8 weeks during this time for continued assessment\. Following the treatment, a removable brace or retainer may be fitted depending on the advice from the Orthodontist\. This service is delivered across all the 10 localities within Greater Manchester to children from approximately the age of 12 to 18 years old after most of their adult teeth have started to come through and who require orthodontic service and referred by their General Dental Practitioner\. A Single Tender Action has been enacted for, as a result of extreme urgency following COVID-19 pressures\. The Contracting Authority intends to undertake market engagement in early Spring 2021 to help inform the future commissioning of services\. Future procurement processes will be published via Find a Tender and Contracts Finder\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f6b4f20-c980-4079-8960-ccfadb77ae9b-425911)