Provision of Oral Health Improvement: Supervised Toothbrushing Programme in Primary Schools

Concepts

• southend on sea
• dental practice
• oral health
• poor oral health
• poorer oral health
• oral health provision
• good oral health
• personal health
• health inequalities
• school staff

Location

Southend-On-Sea:

Description

The Supervised tooth brushing programme is aimed at children attending primary schools in areas of deprivation, experiencing poorer oral health. The tooth brushing activity will take place in the school setting they attend. The main aims of the programme are to reduce the prevalence of tooth decay, hospital admissions for dental caries and reduce health inequalities in children. The objectives and related outcomes are: To develop healthy habits from a very young age (life course approach), To increase children’s willingness to brush their teeth, To improve children’s toothbrushing technique, To encourage daily application of fluoride toothpaste to teeth which reduces the incidence and severity of tooth decay in children, To encourage support for home brushing, To establish life-long behaviour in children to promote oral health, To reduce the negative impact of poor oral health, To increase and promote intergenerational understanding of good oral health to children & families, To provide quality information, advice and training to school staff, To increase community resilience and improve understanding and ownership of personal health and wellbeing from a very young age, To increase awareness on healthy eating and sugar consumption in food & drinks, To prevent childhood overweight and obesity, To develop links with other local services and organisations to provide an integrated approach to oral health provision. (see service specification for more details).

Total Quantity or Scope

The objectives and related outcomes are: To develop healthy habits from a very young age (life course approach), To increase children’s willingness to brush their teeth, To improve children’s toothbrushing technique, To encourage daily application of fluoride toothpaste to teeth which reduces the incidence and severity of tooth decay in children, To encourage support for home brushing, To establish life-long behaviour in children to promote oral health, To reduce the negative impact of poor oral health, To increase and promote intergenerational understanding of good oral health to children & families, To provide quality information, advice and training to school staff, To increase community resilience and improve understanding and ownership of personal health and wellbeing from a very young age, To increase awareness on healthy eating and sugar consumption in food & drinks, To prevent childhood overweight and obesity, To develop links with other local services and organisations to provide an integrated approach to oral health provision. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process via the Provider Selection Regime. The approximate lifetime value of this contract is £39,293.78. This is a new service, and a new provider. The service is intended to be provided between 02/09/24 - 01/09/26.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85130000 - Dental practice and related services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 13th August 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Written representations should be sent to procurementadvisors@southend.gov.uk The award decision maker is the Senior Public Health Principal. There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision. The provider was assessed against 5 key criteria: Quality and Innovation; Value; Integration, collaboration and service sustainability; Improving access, reducing inequalities and facilitating choice; and social value. Each criteria was assessed on a weighted basis. This provider achieved a pass score against all criteria.