Published date: 2 December 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 19 October 2022, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£110,000

Procurement reference

KENTNHS001-DN636931-15817493

Published date

2 December 2022

Closing date

19 October 2022

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 January 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not specified

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Oral Health promotion amongst parents, carers, teachers, children & community
groups within Hackney's Charedi community. Promoting the importance of good
oral health, brushing twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste, tooth friendly diet
advice & accessing dental care advice. The importance of early access to the dentist
for children will be prioritised, as will bringing about behaviour change within the
community regarding diet and brushing. The Outreach program will use the
Delivering Better Oral Health Toolkit v4 as the evidence base & will be delivered in
a culturally appropriate manner for the community.
The provider will maintain a team of 15 Orthodox Jewish peer educators who will
be trained & signed off as competent by KCHFT. This team will then be expected
to arrange, organise, plan & deliver 50 oral health promotion sessions per annum
(April to March) within the community. The provider will facilitate training sessions
with KCHFT to ensure all peer educators have sufficient knowledge to deliver
effective and motivating evidenced based advice. The provider will collaborate with
KCHFT to create tools & resources eg leaflets/posters/presentations that are
culturally specific to support the delivery of this contract. The provider will use visual
aids supplied by KCHFT to assist with the delivery of oral health promotion
eg Big Teeth Models.
The provider will collect meaningful feedback from every service user & report on
this feedback to KCHFT. The number of attendees at each session will be record
ed with registers & the proportion of attendees who's oral health knowledge has
improved following the intervention will be ascertained via pre &
post-questionnaires & feedback forms. The provider will report their progress to KCHT quarterly
via a review meeting on Microsoft Teams with KCHFT and via a written quarterly
report to be submitted on 1st of the month.
The provider will also be expected to support KCHFT in accessing and building
contacts in Charedi Orthodox Jewish Independent schools & help to promote the
fluoride varnish programme in all school settings/with all parents of children in
Charedi Orthodox Jewish Independent Schools. They will engage the
schools/nurseries and parents by facilitating meetings with headteachers/governors and rabbis.

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Award information

Awarded date

2 December 2022

Contract start date

1 January 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2025

Total value of contract

£110,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Venishmartem Ltd

Address

144 Headstone Drive
London
HA1 4UR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Woodcock

Address

110/120 Upper Pemberton
Eureka Park, Kennington
Ashford
TN25 4AZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1233667979

Email

sarah.woodcock2@nhs.net

Website

http://www.kentcht.nhs.uk