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title: "Oral Health Improvement Service"
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# Oral Health Improvement Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/oral-health-improvement-service-ocds-h6vhtk-058b05). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council: "Oral Health Improvement Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £749,150. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/blackburn-with-darwen-borough-council-ons-e06000008)
- **Published Value:** £749,150 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 February 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD41
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £693,200 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/oral-health-improvement-service-ocds-h6vhtk-058b05#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058b05`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/oral-health-improvement-service-ocds-h6vhtk-058b05#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2Fregister)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/oral-health-improvement-service-ocds-h6vhtk-058b05#participate

## Description
Oral health is vital to overall wellbeing, enabling people to eat, speak, and socialise confidently. Poor oral health can cause pain and is linked to conditions such as pneumonia, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.  Despite being largely preventable, dental disease remains a significant issue, with clear social inequalities.  In Blackburn with Darwen, many residents experience poor oral health throughout life.
The new service will be tiered according to available funding.  The new core service (tier 1), funded by the public health grant, will maintain a preventative focus for children and young people, in line with national guidance and current local OHI strategy.  It will also extend support to vulnerable adults and older adults in care homes, reflecting Blackburn with Darwen’s life course approach.  The second tier, expected to be funded by the ICB, will provide additionality to the core service by extending the offer to a greater number of settings, children and families.  The service will work with individuals, partner agencies and communities to deliver an OHI programme that meets local needs.  The service should be flexible and proactive to identify opportunities for promoting good oral health for all family members, of all ages.  This will play a key role in improving the oral health of Blackburn with Darwen residents and reduce known oral health inequalities in the borough.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £749,150

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2026 to 31/07/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Oral Health Improvement Service (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **AP Smilecare**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-59877`
  - Value: £693,200 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 27/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008115-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-15T08:43:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T03:39:13.691Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058b05