Overview
It is estimated that CODE members spend £125 on dental materials per dental chair per week. With 1500 practices and an average of 2.5 chairs this amounts to an annual spend of £22m per year. This is spent across a number of suppliers on products by a range of manufacturers.
If members are prepared to buy from preferred manufacturers through a preferred dealer CODE will be able to negotiate exceptional deals for members, giving individual practices the buying power of the large corporate chains, which will result in low prices, exclusive promotions and cash rebates.
Cost of branded products
Dental products have increased in cost by about 21% last year primarily due to the fall in sterling against the Euro and other currencies, but also due to regular price increases by the main manufacturers. This has a direct impact on the profit of practices, that’s why CODE is so keen to bring down prices.
Getting the best deal
Once we have negotiated with the main dental companies, we will enter into negotiations for utilities, insurance, maintenance and even advertising.
Member benefits
The initial benefits that CODE Buying Group members will receive are:
Maximum discount from Dental Directory – currently 16.5%
An annual cash rebate depending upon spend, the initial target is £1,000 per 2.5 chair practice
Special ‘two for one’ promotions on products
Special prices on many products
5 ‘net price’ products per practice, which means you can choose any 5 products and you will be able to buy them for a discount of about 25%
£200 per practice for a practice meeting once a year
Budgetary control by practice or chair that you can set yourself
How it works
Firstly join the CODE Buying Group using the links at the top of this page
For maximum dicounts, Dental Directory can set up your personalised online catalogue with live product prices including net prices and special offers
If required the Dental Directory representative will help you to set budgets per chair or practice
Members will be kept informed by email on the process of negotiations and the savings they will make
Product prices to members will fall and rebates will be sent to those who have signed up in January each year
