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HAC6121 Children's Oral Health Specialist Service

Tower Hamlets

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Tender

01 Apr 2026 at 16:31

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

24 Nov 2025 at 16:18

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Tower Hamlets is set to procure the HAC6121 Children's Oral Health Specialist Service, aiming to enhance children's oral health across the borough by consolidating existing investments into a streamlined provision. This initiative focuses on the integration of four evidence-based components to promote early-year oral health: strategic oversight and professional training, school oral health checks with fluoride varnish applications, supervised toothbrushing programmes, and Brush for Life packs for young children. The tender is currently in the award stage, with the procurement process utilising an open procedure. Key dates include the tender period ending on 7th May 2026, with the awards anticipated by 24th June 2026. The contract period will commence on 1st September 2026 and may extend until 2030. Located in London, the project falls under the category of health and social work services.

This tender offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in health services, particularly those with expertise in oral health interventions and training. SMEs and VCSE organisations stand a favourable chance as the suitability criteria encourage their participation. The project's division into three lots allows flexibility for interested parties to bid on components matching their expertise, whether in leadership and training, operational logistics within schools, or comprehensive service provision integrating interventions. Businesses with a strong track record in services related to health promotion, particularly in community settings and education environments, might find this tender particularly advantageous both in terms of scope and financial return, given its strategic significance and funding structure.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

HAC6121 Children's Oral Health Specialist Service

Notice Description

This service will provide system-wide specialist leadership and service provision on oral health across the local children's partnership, with a particular focus on early years. It will bring together current investment into a single service, integrating four evidence-based components to ensure the most cost-effective interventions are delivered at scale: 1. Strategic oversight and training offer: to ensure all professionals across the borough are sharing the same key oral health messages and are confident to support families. This will include working with faith and community organisations to promote oral health and develop culturally appropriate resources to respond to existing oral health inequities. 2. Oral health checks and fluoride varnish application: Like the existing 'Healthy Teeth in Schools' service, this will deliver 6-monthly oral health checks of children's teeth and apply protective fluoride varnish to all children in schools aged 3-6 years (nursery, Reception and Year 1). 3. Universal supervised toothbrushing programme: This programme trains early years settings such as nurseries to support children to brush their teeth on a daily basis. It includes training, provision of materials, quality assurance and infection control. This is a highly cost-effective programme that has demonstrated impact on home toothbrushing practices, as well as ensuring children from all backgrounds are supported to establish good oral health practices. The government has funded a targeted programme in the borough in 25/26. This programme will extend to all nurseries, as local analyses shows that a targeted programme will miss children in higher-risk groups. 4. Provision of Brush for Life Packs at health visiting contacts. Provision of toothbrush/toothpaste packs to every child at the four health visiting contacts between 4 months and 2 years of age. This will provide material support for families experiencing poverty and work to safeguard against dental neglect.

Lot Information

Leadership and Professional Training

Scope: This lot covers the delivery of universal, and specialist oral health training aimed at children's professionals and public health practitioners. The provider will be responsible for designing, delivering, and quality assuring training that supports consistent, evidence based oral health messaging across early years, school-age, and public health settings. Key Deliverables: * Generic oral health training for 0-5 children's professionals (e.g., early years staff). * Generic oral health training for 5-19 children's professionals (e.g., school staff, youth workers). * Specialist oral health training for public health professionals, including health visitors and school nurses. * Training and supervision for settings delivering supervised toothbrushing, ensuring fidelity to programme standards. This lot focuses on workforce capacity-building and consistent oral health promotion across the children's sector.

Renewal: The Contract Period is initially for a period of three (3) years, although the Authority reserves the right to extend the Contract on the same terms for further periods of twelve (12) months, making a total possible Contract Period of four (4) year.

Coordination and Logistics of Delivery in Schools

Scope: This lot covers the operational coordination required to support the implementation of oral health interventions within schools. Key Deliverables: * Scheduling, coordinating, and liaising with schools to support the delivery of oral health interventions. * Managing logistics, communication with education settings, and supporting smooth programme delivery. The emphasis is on effective operational management and strong relationships with schools to enable successful delivery of interventions undertaken through other lots.

Renewal: The Contract Period is initially for a period of three (3) years, although the Authority reserves the right to extend the Contract on the same terms for further periods of twelve (12) months, making a total possible Contract Period of four (4) year.

Joint Service Provision - Integrated Leadership, Training, and Oral Health Interventions

PLEASE NOTE THE VALUES FOR THIS LOT IS NOT PS1/PS1.20 IT IS A COMBINATION OF LOTS 1 AND 2. EITHER LOT 1 AND LOT 2 WILL BE AWARDED WITH THEIR VALUES OR LOT 3 WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE. Scope: This lot encompasses the combined delivery of both leadership/training and direct oral health interventions, providing a fully integrated service model. It is suitable for providers able to deliver an end to end service. Key Deliverables: * All deliverables from Lot 1 (leadership and training). * Delivery of oral health interventions, including: * Fluoride varnish application and oral health checks in schools. * Universal supervised toothbrushing programme, including procurement and distribution of materials for early years settings. * Brush for Life pack procurement and distribution to health visitors. Lot 3 enables a single-provider model delivering the full suite of oral health improvement activity, ensuring alignment across workforce development and intervention delivery.

Renewal: The Contract Period is initially for a period of three (3) years, although the Authority reserves the right to extend the Contract on the same terms for further periods of twelve (12) months, making a total possible Contract Period of four (4) year.

Planning Information

2.1.1 Providers wishing to participate are asked to submit a brief (see portal for separate Market Engagement Activities document with submission template) covering: 1. A description of your organisation’s experience of delivering Strategic leadership, oversight, and training offer in oral health (Max 300 words) 2. A summary of your organisation’s experience of delivering Oral health checks and fluoride varnish application in for school aged children. (Max 300 words) 3. A summary of your organisation’s experience of delivering Universal supervised toothbrushing programme and provision of Brush for Life Packs at health visiting contacts (Max 500 words) 4. Any other information or examples of good practice you would like to share with Commissioners prior to the publication of an invitation to tender. (Max 300 words) 2.1.2 Answers to questions 1 - 4 should consider how your organisation will ensure the provision of effective, quality services that deliver: - A strategic holistic children’s oral health offer - National data reporting requirements - Improvements in health and wellbeing, meeting needs of all eligible residents, and ensuring pathways to ongoing care where needed. 2.1.3 This information will be considered by Commissioners as part of our ongoing review. 2.1.4 Providers wishing to participate are asked to register your interest free of charge at www.londontenders.org with Reference No. DN798511 and submit a brief along with contact details for the market engagement event (see portal for separate Market Engagement Activities document with submission template) via the Proactis portal (ONLY) no later than 3rd December 2025, 13:00.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e7c1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030555-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,504,001 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,504,001 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Apr 20266 months ago
Submission Deadline
7 May 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
23 Jan 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Tower Hamlets
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E1 1BJ
Postcode Area
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI42 Tower Hamlets
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward
Whitechapel
Westminster Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney

Further Information

Notice Documents

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