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Published 2 May 2023, 16:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CO0334 Occupational Health Services

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£650,000exc. VAT55.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 1 Jun 2023awarded 5 Jul 2023
Awarded to Innovate Healthcare Management Group Ltd,

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this procurement opportunity for an Occupational Health Service is to secure a high-quality Provider that can deliver a comprehensive Occupational Health service that meets the requirements. The Provider will be expected to provide a range of services aimed at meeting the service needs, common law, and statutory duties of care for the health, safety and wellbeing of ECC's workforce.

These services should include at a minimum, management referrals, health surveillance, ill health retirement, and advice and support for managers, employees, and HR personnel on occupational health issues.

The Provider should have a strong track record of delivering Occupational Health services and be able to demonstrate expertise in areas such as a range of mental and physical health needs, data management, and proactive health monitoring. The aim is to secure so far as is reasonably practicable the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of wellbeing of ECC’s employees during their employment.

CPV: Company health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£650,000
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: There is an option to extend for a period of up to 24 months in total. It is likely that these services would be re-tendered before 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: 55%Price: 40%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Qualoty: 55%
  • price: 40%
  • Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Qualoty: 55
  • Social Value: 5
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
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
2 May 2023, 16:55 BST
Last source update
6 May 2026, 15:29 BST
Award evaluation window
2 Jun 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN666750
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-041566
Classification (CPV)
Company health services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c5c9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
1 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 Jun 2023, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Jun 2023 → 6 May 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    2 Jun 2023, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published174 days ago
    6 May 2026, 15:29 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Jul 2023, 15:27 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
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Utilisation of available extension period making the end date 31 August 2028

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £287,2971 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Innovate Healthcare Management Group Ltd,SME£287,297 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

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.