Published date: 10 October 2022
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Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£22,000
Procurement reference
KENTNHS001-DN636931-44007371
Published date
10 October 2022
Closing date
19 October 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 January 2023
Contract end date
31 December 2028
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Not specified
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
KCHFT are looking for an enthusiastic health/education provider within the Orthodox Jewish Community in Hackney to provide a targeted dental outreach program of:
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 recorded 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.
Please register your interest on the Proactis Portal no later than 19 October 2022 (midday). Expressions of interest (EOI) must be submitted via the Proactis Portal under opportunity DN6369. Please login via the link below to express your interest if already registered, or the link will also allow you to register for free & then express your interest: https://procontract.due-north.com/login (https://procontract.due-north.com/login).
ITT documentation will be released to suppliers who express an interest on the 19 October 2022.
More information
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The provider will report their progress to KCHT quarterly via a quarterly review meeting on Microsoft Teams with KCHFT and via a written quarterly report to be submitted on 1st of the month of each new quarter. In between these quarterly reports KCHFT will expect 1 monthly email update with statistics from the previous month using the KPI excel sheet provided by KCHFT. This sheet will detail number of sessions provided, number of people trained, number of positive feedback forms etc.
About the buyer
Contact name
Sarah Woodcock
Address
110/120 Upper Pemberton
Eureka Park, Kennington
Ashford
TN25 4AZ
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1233667979
Website
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