London Borough of Redbridge

Lynton House, 255-259 High Road

Ilford

IG1 1NY

UK

Contact person: Gemma Edwards

Telephone: +44 7810501769

E-mail: Gemma.Edwards@walthamforest.gov.uk

NUTS: UKI53

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/

II.1.1) Title

Reference number: DN462270

II.1.2) Main CPV code

85100000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The contract is for the provision of an oral health promotion service in the London Borough of Redbridge and aims to:

• collaboratively develop, model and implement an evidence based programme of oral health promotion for the specified population across Redbridge;

• integrate oral health promotion into children's commissioning and the broader public health agenda;

• train health, education and social care professionals in key oral health messages to enable them to provide opportunistic brief oral health intervention;

• co-ordinate and enable delivery of Brushing for Life (BFL) programme delivered by health visitor teams at child progress checks at eight (8) months and two and half (2 ½) years within the healthy child programme;

• ensure teams supporting children with additional needs are supported to improve their oral health and access appropriate dental services for early prevention;

• develop and deliver oral health promotion training to primary, community and other frontline staff such as, but not restricted to, school based staff, children centre based staff, health visiting staff, school nursing staff, child care providers, residential and nursing home staff and staff delivering services to other vulnerable adults (i.e. alcohol and substance misuse services);

• recruit oral health champions from staff, parents and carer’s trained as detailed in (f) above to act as key oral health promoters in their respective work areas and promote oral health through workshops and events;

• develop and deliver a tooth brushing programme in the Authority's Children's Centre nurseries (three (3) to four (4) year old’s) and support the linking in of dental practices to promote access for continuing care;

• develop links and partnerships with other health organisations, voluntary and community and religious groups to support opportunistic brief oral health intervention;

• develop a protocol for the identification and response to concerns linked to possible dental neglect;

• deliver a targeted fluoride varnish programme;

• support the authority in the delivery of the dental survey programme to inform the public health outcome framework indicator 4.2 — tooth decay in five (5) year old children.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 309 192.00  GBP

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S:

2020/S 035-083939

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Kent

ME16 9NT

UK

NUTS: UKI53

The contractor is an SME: Yes

VI.4.1) Review body