AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has signed a direct, below-threshold contract with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust to deliver supervised toothbrushing support in eligible early-years settings.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. The signed contract runs from 1 October 2026 to 31 August 2027, with a discretionary extension of up to 12 months.
Market significanceThis is a £60,000 net (£72,000 gross) light-touch services contract awarded without competition for oral-health promotion, staff training, programme resources and delivery monitoring.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £60,000 net; £72,000 gross GBP · Active award and contract
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Award 1 names Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust as supplier and relates to lot 1. Contract 1, linked to award 1, records £60,000 amount and £72,000 amountGross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Document 099048-2026 is described as a 'Contract details notice on Find a Tender'.
Procurement and contract status
98% confidenceComplete procurement; active award and active contract
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Tender status is 'complete'; award 1 and contract 1 are both recorded as 'active'.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 1 October 2026
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Contract 1 gives dateSigned as 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£60,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 60000 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£72,000
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 72000 GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceThe contract value is recorded against the single contract linked to award 1 and lot 1.
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Contract 1 links to awardID 1; award 1 relates to lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-01.
Contract start
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-01.
Initial contract end
99% confidence31 August 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-08-31.
Notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Document 099048-2026 datePublished is 2026-10-20.
Maximum possible end date
99% confidence31 August 2028, if the extension is exercised
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Contract 1 period.maxExtentDate is 2028-08-31 and the renewal description permits one extension of no more than 12 months.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
98% confidenceSupervised toothbrushing oral-health promotion for eligible early-years settings in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
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Tender description.
Delivery activities
99% confidenceTraining staff; supporting implementation and maintenance of supervised toothbrushing for children aged 3–5; supplying resources; and monitoring participation, programme quality and delivery.
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Tender description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is 'services'.
Classifications
99% confidenceHealth training services (CPV 80561000) and dental practice and related services (CPV 85130000).
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Award item 1 additional classifications.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender procurementMethod is 'direct'.
Competition basis
99% confidenceBelow threshold – without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is 'Below threshold - without competition'.
Regime
98% confidenceLight-touch
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Tender specialRegime includes 'lightTouch'.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 31 August 2027
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Contract 1 period startDate and endDate.
Extension option
99% confidenceThe authority may extend once for a period not exceeding 12 months, at its absolute discretion.
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Contract 1 hasRenewal is true; renewal description states this condition.
Maximum term
98% confidenceUp to 23 months, ending no later than 31 August 2028 if extended.
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The stated initial period runs from 1 October 2026 to 31 August 2027; maxExtentDate is 2028-08-31.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route to market
99% confidenceThe authority used a direct, below-threshold route without competition.
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Tender procurementMethod is direct and procurementMethodDetails states 'Below threshold - without competition'.
Service model
98% confidenceThe requirement combines prevention delivery support, workforce training, programme materials and quality/participation monitoring.
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Tender description.
Commercial value basis
96% confidenceThe published contract records both net and gross totals; no pricing schedule or cost breakdown is supplied.
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Contract 1 value fields record £60,000 amount and £72,000 amountGross; no pricing breakdown appears in supplied data.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Date discrepancy
99% confidenceThe tender description states a start date of 1 September 2026, while the signed contract record states 1 October 2026. This analysis reports both without selecting the description date as the contractual start date.
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Tender description states 'contract start date is 01.09.26'; contract 1 period.startDate and dateSigned are 2026-10-01.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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The supplied lot record for lot 1 has null title, description and value fields.
Published information gap
97% confidenceInformation on bid counts, evaluation, award rationale, pricing breakdown and tender submission dates was not supplied in the published notice data.
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Relevant supplied fields are absent or null.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains conflicting start-date information: 1 September 2026 in the tender description and 1 October 2026 in the signed contract record.
- No award date is published.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Information on bid counts, evaluation, award rationale, pricing breakdown, submission deadline and detailed performance requirements was not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Central London Community Healthcare NHS TrustRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelseasupervised toothbrushingoral healthearly yearspublic procurementFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea supervised toothbrushing contract?
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust is named as the supplier for award 1.
What is the value of the contract?
The published contract value is £60,000 excluding VAT and £72,000 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The signed contract record runs from 1 October 2026 to 31 August 2027. A single extension of up to 12 months is permitted.
Was the contract competed?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.