Notice Information
Notice Title
Request for Information - Oral Health Promotion Service (Early Years)
Notice Description
Buckinghamshire Council (the Council) is requesting information about commissioning a new highly targeted Oral Health Promotion Service that could include the delivery of a Supervised Toothbrushing Programme (STP), in line with national guidance. Suppliers are invited to participate in this exercise by completing the attached questionnaire. This will help the Council understand where the market stands in terms of Oral Health Promotion (within the scope of early years, ages 3-5), including but not limited to STP and oral health promotion training and development. It is seeking to engage with suppliers who have experience in this market to help it refine the requirements of any potential future procurement exercise and would like to hear their views.
Planning Information
The Request for Information (RFI) documents for this opportunity are published on the Council's procurement portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-council. These documents includes all relevant details about the project and outline the information we are seeking from the supplier market. If you wish to participate and have not yet registered, please ensure you do so via the portal in order to access the documentation. The RFI will remain open until 12:00 noon (midday) on Thursday, 9th October 2025. For ease of access, you may copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-council Please note that all queries relating to this RFI must be submitted via the In-Tend portal, in accordance with the instructions provided within the documents.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a271
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059838-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
80561000 - Health training services
85323000 - Community health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £166,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 31 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 2 Feb 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Ann Spence
- Contact Email
- procurement@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- AYLESBURY
- Postcode
- HP19 8FF
- Post Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ13 Buckinghamshire
- Delivery Location
- TLJ13 Buckinghamshire
-
- Local Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Electoral Ward
- Aylesbury North West
- Westminster Constituency
- Aylesbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059838-2025
25th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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