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Published 25 Sept 2025, 16:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Request for Information - Oral Health Promotion Service (Early Years)

Official notice

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)

ServicesLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£166,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrs 2 moends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 2 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Buckinghamshire Council (the Council) is requesting information about commissioning a new highly targeted Oral Health Promotion Service that could include the delivery of a Supervised Toothbrushing Programme (STP), in line with national guidance.

Suppliers are invited to participate in this exercise by completing the attached questionnaire. This will help the Council understand where the market stands in terms of Oral Health Promotion (within the scope of early years, ages 3-5), including but not limited to STP and oral health promotion training and development. It is seeking to engage with suppliers who have experience in this market to help it refine the requirements of any potential future procurement exercise and would like to hear their views.

CPV: Community health services · Health training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrs 2 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 2 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (3 yrs 2 mo)
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 Sept 2025, 16:11 BST
Last source update
25 Sept 2025, 16:11 BST
Authority reference
25_26 760
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059838
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Community health servicesHealth training services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a271 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

25 Sept 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published398 days ago
    25 Sept 2025, 16:11 BST
  2. Market engagement384 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Request for Information (RFI) documents for this opportunity are published on the Council's procurement portal: in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-council ↗. These documents includes all relevant details about the project and outline the information we are seeking from the supplier market.

    If you wish to participate and have not yet registered, please ensure you do so via the portal in order to access the documentation. The RFI will remain open until 12:00 noon (midday) on Thursday, 9th October 2025.

    For ease of access, you may copy and paste the following link into your browser:

    in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-council ↗

    Please note that all queries relating to this RFI must be submitted via the In-Tend portal, in accordance with the instructions provided within the documents.

  3. Tender notice expected362 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts269 days ago
    2 Feb 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Sept 2025, 16:11 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Buckinghamshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCLJ-2677-YQXD The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, South East, HP198FFContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure