HAC6121 Children’s Oral Health Specialist Service

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      "awardCriteriaDetails": "The commissioning requirements are divided into three distinct lots, reflecting the different functional components of the oral health improvement programme. Bidders may apply for one or more lots, depending on organisational capability and service model.\nLot 1: Leadership and Professional Training\nScope:\nThis 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.\nKey Deliverables:\n•\tGeneric oral health training for 0–5 children’s professionals (e.g., early years staff).\n•\tGeneric oral health training for 5–19 children’s professionals (e.g., school staff, youth workers).\n•\tSpecialist oral health training for public health professionals, including health visitors and school nurses.\n•\tTraining and supervision for settings delivering supervised toothbrushing, ensuring fidelity to programme standards.\nThis lot focuses on workforce capacity-building and consistent oral health promotion across the children’s sector.\nLot 2: Coordination and Logistics of Delivery in Schools\nScope:\nThis lot covers the operational coordination required to support the implementation of oral health interventions within schools.\nKey Deliverables:\n•\tScheduling, coordinating, and liaising with schools to support the delivery of oral health interventions.\n•\tManaging logistics, communication with education settings, and supporting smooth programme delivery.\nThe emphasis is on effective operational management and strong relationships with schools to enable successful delivery of interventions undertaken through other lots.\nLot 3: Joint Service Provision – Integrated Leadership, Training, and Oral Health Interventions\nScope:\nThis 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.\nKey Deliverables:\n•\tAll deliverables from Lot 1 (leadership and training).\n•\tDelivery of oral health interventions, including: \n•\tFluoride varnish application and oral health checks in schools.\n•\tUniversal supervised toothbrushing programme, including procurement and distribution of materials for early years settings.\n•\tBrush for Life pack procurement and distribution to health visitors.\nLot 3 enables a single-provider model delivering the full suite of oral health improvement activity, ensuring alignment across workforce development and intervention delivery.",
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        "description": "2.1.1\tProviders wishing to participate are asked to submit a brief (see portal for separate Market Engagement Activities document with submission template) covering:\n1.\tA description of your organisation’s experience of delivering Strategic leadership, oversight, and training offer in oral health (Max 300 words)\n2.\tA summary of your organisation’s experience of delivering Oral health checks and fluoride varnish application in for school aged children. (Max 300 words)\n3.\tA 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)\n4.\tAny 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)\n2.1.2\tAnswers to questions 1 - 4 should consider how your organisation will ensure the provision of effective, quality services that deliver:\n-\tA strategic holistic children’s oral health offer\n-\tNational data reporting requirements\n-\tImprovements in health and wellbeing, meeting needs of all eligible residents, and ensuring pathways to ongoing care where needed.\n2.1.3\tThis information will be considered by Commissioners as part of our ongoing review.\n2.1.4\tProviders 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."
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