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Published 26 May 2023, 10:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

C1172 - Occupational Health Services

Official notice

Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesNegotiated procedure with prior call for competitionSME suitable
Published estimate£1,400,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 28 Aug 2023awarded 13 Feb 2024
Awarded to Optima Health (Birmingham) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this Contract is to provide Occupational Health Services to new starts and current employees.

  • Recurrence: January 2024

CPV: Company health services · Health services · Medical practice and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,400,000
Extensions: Options to extend - 2+1+1 · Essential service retendered prior to Contract expiry.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Cost: 30
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
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/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
Yes · January 2024
First published
26 May 2023, 10:44 BST
Last source update
13 Feb 2024, 12:08 GMT
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-004776
Classification (CPV)
Company health servicesHealth servicesMedical practice and related services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03cfb3 Find a Tender

Publisher note: NI Water intend to hold a supplier information day on Wednesday 7th June 2023 (AM). This will be a group session comprising of a presentation (including a VR tour) followed by a Q&A session and one to one sessions if required. Time TBC. Suppliers that wish to attend this information day should contact [email protected] to confirm by Friday 2nd June 2023.

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
Submission deadline
28 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Jul 2023 → 13 Feb 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    10 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    28 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    26 Nov 2023, 23:59 GMT
  4. Notice published
    13 Feb 2024, 12:08 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2023
  1. Status changed to active
    28 Jul 2023, 10:31 BST
  2. Procurement method changed
    28 Jul 2023, 10:31 BST
  3. Deadline published: 28 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
    28 Jul 2023, 10:31 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    28 Jul 2023, 10:31 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    13 Feb 2024, 12:08 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,400,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Optima Health (Birmingham) LtdSMEContract£1,400,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NI Water and its subsidiaries

Contracting authorityWater Westland House, Belfast, UK, BT14 6TEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NI waterReview body Belfast
  • Northern Ireland WaterReview body Belfast

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.