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West Northamptonshire Council

West Northamptonshire Oral Health Improvement Service

HealthcareCPV 85100000
Value£498k
Deadline28 Aug 2026
Published7 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 7 Jul 202633 days leftCloses 28 Aug 2026
Who to contact
procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Tenders must be submitted electronically via the West Northamptonshire Council e-procurement portal (In-Tend): https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc Tender responses must be completed and submitted through the portal by the stated deadline. Submissions by email, post or other means will not be accepted.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£498ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

West Northamptonshire Council is inviting tenders for the delivery of an Oral Health Improvement Service for West Northamptonshire.

The service will deliver targeted, evidence‑based oral health improvement activities to help reduce oral health inequalities and improve outcomes for children, young people, vulnerable adults and older people.

Core elements include supervised toothbrushing in early years and school settings, oral health training for professionals, organisational support for settings, partnership working, and targeted distribution of oral health resources.

Full details and requirements are provided in the Invitation to Tender and Service Specification available via the Council’s e‑Procurement portal.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The service will deliver targeted, evidence‑based oral

The service will deliver targeted, evidence‑based oral health improvement activities to help reduce oral health inequalities and improve outcomes for children, young people, vulnerable adults and older people.

02

Core elements include supervised toothbrushing in early

Core elements include supervised toothbrushing in early years and school settings, oral health training for professionals, organisational support for settings, partnership working, and targeted distribution of oral health resources.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c53b
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
063658-2026
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