Supervised Toothbrushing & Oral Health promotion

Oldham Council are looking to procure a service to provide supervised toothbrushing and

oral health promotion to 3-5-year-old children, and primary age children in Special

Educational Needs schools.

The overall aim is to improve the oral health of young children in Oldham.

Objectives

• To improve oral hygiene and reduce tooth decay in the 3-5-year-old population of

Oldham

• Establish healthy tooth brushing habits
• To help educate children on good oral health practices

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Currently, there are no supported supervised toothbrushing programmes in Oldham.

However, Oldham Early Years setting and schools were previously engaged in a

supervised toothbrushing programme and some settings may still have baseline

knowledge or even self-supported programmes ongoing.

The service provider is asked to implement supervised toothbrushing progammes for

3-5-year-old children in all Early Years settings, primary schools and childminding

services that wish to take part, as well as all primary school aged children (4-11-years-old)

in Special Educational Needs primary schools that wish to take part.

The approximate size of the 3-5-year-old population in Oldham is ~9000 children.

A summary of eligible settings is provided below:

153 Early Years settings

84 Primary Schools

87 Childminders

4 Special Educational Needs Primary Schools

The total number of primary school aged children in SEN schools is 476.

The total number of reception aged children with an education health and care plan is

142.

We will work with the successful provider to share a list of eligible settings and the

approximate number of eligible children within each setting.

The service should implement a universal supervised toothbrushing for children in the

categories listed above. The supervised toothbrushing programme should be in line with

the British Dental Association recommendations for toothbrushes to be replaced every

three months or when there are signs of wear.

*****Please note: This is an intention to award notice for a PSR Competitive Process, it is not a PA23 or PCR2015

process.*****

The relevant authority is intending to award a contract to a provider under the PSR Competitive Process.

This is not concluding a framework.

Decision makers: Oldham PH team

Awarded to the highest scoring tenderer.

No conflicts of interest were raised

Key Criteria 1: Quality and innovation (Total Weighting 35%)

• 1.1: Safety - 10%
• 1.2: Mobilisation - 15%
• 1.3: Environmental Impact - 10%

Key Criteria 2: Key criteria 2. Value (Weighting 25%)

• 2.1: Additional components - 10%
• 2.2: Value for Money - 15%

Key Criteria 3: Integration, collaboration and service sustainability (Weighting 10%)

• 3.1: Engagement - 10%

Key Criteria 4: Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice (Weighting 20%)

• 4.1: Integration and Collaboration - 10%
• 4.2: Improvements in Oral Health - 10%

Key Criteria 5: Social Value

• Social Value Response (through SVP) - 10%