Awarded contract

Supervised Toothbrushing Scheme

Details

Buyer: Kirklees Council
Supplier(s): Home-Start Kirklees
Topic: Dental practice and related services
Published: 11 December 2025
Source: uk:bluelight

Tender description

Tenders are invited by the Council from Providers with relevant experience and ability to demonstrate sufficient capacity for the provision of Supervised Toothbrushing Scheme (the “Services”). The Council are seeking to procure a new service to implement a targeted, Department of Health and Social Care funded supervised toothbrushing programme for children aged 3, 4 and 5 in the most deprived communities of Kirklees. The estimated value of the Services to be awarded is estimated at a fixed annual value of £125,717. The anticipated commencement date for the Contract is 1st January 2026. The anticipated expiry date for the Contract is 31st December 2026 with the option to extend for a further period for up to three years dependent on additional national funding being provided.

Timeline

Completed: Award published11 December 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date11 December 2025

About the buyer

Kirklees Council is a West Yorkshire local authority with a corporate procurement team led by a Head of Procurement and Commissioning. Every tender is advertised on YORtender, the e-procurement portal used to run e-tenders and manage suppliers and contracts. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender through the Central Digital Platform. Service Directors hold the authority to commence and award procurements in their own directorates. Approved frameworks, dynamic purchasing systems and dynamic markets are permitted routes to market. The Head of Procurement keeps a list of approved central purchasing organisations, including YPO and the Crown Commercial Service.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Kirklees Council's contract awards have been in construction work, construction materials and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

85130000 · Dental practice and related services
85140000 · Miscellaneous health services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kirklees-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kirklees-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kirklees-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kirklees-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kirklees-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kirklees-council.gov