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Published 7 Jan 2022, 12:35 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

BSP-21-024 Occupational Health Services Contract

Official notice

Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Final published estimate£1,300,000initial estimate £720,000 · exc. VAT · 1 value update41.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 24 Jun 2022awarded 19 Aug 2022
Awarded to BHSF Occupational Health Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

EA invites tenders for the Occupational Health Services Contract for the period of 4 years from the start date of contract on a call-off as required basis. The administering procurement office for this tender, on behalf of EA, will be the Business Services and Products Procurement Category, based in Ballymena, Co Antrim.

CPV: Company health services · Health and social work services · Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,300,000

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60.2%Price: 30%Social value: 9.8%
Published sub-criteria (9)
  • AC1 Methodology: 21%
  • AC2 Proposed Processes and Systems: 17.5%
  • AC3 Proposed Delivery Personnel Experience: 14%
  • AC4 Disaster Recovery and Contingency Planning: 3.5%
  • AC5 Contract and Account Management: 4.2%
  • AC7 Core Services: 21%
  • AC8 Non-core services: 5.1%
  • AC9 Additional services: 3.9%
  • AC6 Social Value: 9.8%
Published award criteria (9)
  • AC1 Methodology: 21
  • AC2 Proposed Processes and Systems: 17.5
  • AC3 Proposed Delivery Personnel Experience: 14
  • AC4 Disaster Recovery and Contingency Planning: 3.5
  • AC5 Contract and Account Management: 4.2
  • AC6 Social Value: 9.8
  • AC7 Core Services: 21
  • AC8 Non-core services: 5.1
  • AC9 Additional services: 3.9
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Jan 2022, 12:35 GMT
Last source update
12 Sept 2022, 16:30 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Jun 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025564
Classification (CPV)
Company health servicesHealth and social work servicesHealth services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03086a Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures.

Publisher note: This contract is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point during the life of the contract these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This agreement is not intended to replace any current agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place. Should any of these bodies opt to use the contract, they must be able to avail of the services on the same terms as EA. https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the EA, Catholic Maintained Schools, Independent Schools in NI, Irish Medium Schools in NI, both Controlled and, Voluntary Grammar Schools, Nursery School for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centres. https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/ ; Libraries Northern Ireland .. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-education-fe-colleges; Further Education Colleges in NI. . https://www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/; Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE). https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/; Independent School in NI. . Armagh Observatory and Planetarium.. Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC). . Department of Education (DE). . Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment NI (CCEA) . . Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS). . Middletown Centre for Autism.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Submission deadline
24 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Jun 2022, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Jun 2022 → 22 Sept 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    24 Jun 2022, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    12 Sept 2022, 16:30 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    22 Sept 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2022
  1. Published value updated to £1,300,000
    23 May 2022, 16:55 BST
    was £720,000
  2. Deadline moved to 24 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
    23 May 2022, 16:55 BST
    +151 days · was 24 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    12 Sept 2022, 16:30 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    12 Sept 2022, 16:30 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,842,8711 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BHSF Occupational Health LimitedContract£1,842,871 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Education Authority NI

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 40 Academy Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 2NQContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • EAReview body Ballymena
  • The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures
  • UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body Ballymena

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.