Official UK procurement notice
CPT_24_48 General OH Services, EAP and Health Screening
Authority: National Audit Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK's independent public spending watchdog. The NAO supports Parliament in holding government to account and helps improve public services through its high-quality audits.
The NAO currently has a contract for the provision of Occupational Health (OH) Services that includes Employment Assistance programme (EAP) and Health screening which the NAO intends to reprocure this year.
The intention of this prior information notice (PIN) is to understand the current market and value of the services and if there have been any developments in this market since the NAO last procured including providing advance notice our plans to issue the procurement exercise by Spring/Summer 2025.
We are looking to engage with interested suppliers who are experienced in providing comprehensive Occupational Health (OH) service comprised of Health Assessment Questionnaires, Management Referrals, DSE Assessments, Immunisation Programmes, Employee Assistance Programme and Health Screening services.
We are also considering splitting the services into the following lots
- Lot 1 Occupational Health services
- Lot 2 Employment Assistance programme
- Lot 3 Health Screening
However, we are seeking the marketplace feedback on the proposed lotting approach and potential procurement procedures.
It is envisaged that the length of the new agreement will be for an initial 2 years with the option to extend for a further period of up to 3 years, starting in early 2026 with an estimated contract value ranging between £500k to £600k (but may vary).
However, note that NAO is not advertising this PIN as a mechanism to reduce future procurement timescales.
CPV: Company health services · Guidance and counselling services · Miscellaneous health services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The NAO would like to invite interested providers to attend a Virtual Market…Planned
The NAO would like to invite interested providers to attend a Virtual Market Engagement event taking place on Monday 17th February 2025 at 11.40am to 12.30pm.
The purpose of the event is to offer attendees the opportunity to hear about the requirement and proposed procurement routes for the General OH Services, EAP and Health Screening services contract.
If organisations are interested in attending the Virtual Market Engagement event, then send expressions of interest via email to [email protected] by 12 noon on Thursday 13th February 2025.
The email needs to include your name, position, organisation and contact details alongside the names and positions of other colleagues wishing to attend. Further details will be made available nearer the time of the event. Additional information: Please also note that NAO utilises the Delta eSourcing system to electronically conduct its procurement processes and potential organisations may wish to register onto this system in preparation for the future procurement exercise.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Jan 2025, 18:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Jan 2025, 18:28 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002092- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d52eFind a Tender
Publisher note: This is a prior information notice (PIN) does not formally bind NAO to proceed with any procurement exercises and is purely for market engagement purposes. In the event that the NAO decides to proceed with any procurement processes pursuant to this PIN, a separate contract notice will be issued. Providers who do express an interest may be requested to provide information as part of the pre-procurement engagement phase. Potential providers who do not express an interest will still be able to submit bids for the tender in relation to this PIN when it is released.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
21 Jan 2025 → 31 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published21 Jan 2025, 18:28 GMT
- Tender notice expected31 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.