Official UK procurement notice
FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROVISION OF WORKFORCE ABSENCE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION SERVICES
Authority: HEART ACADEMIES TRUST (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHEART are looking to appoint a single Supplier who will demonstrate technical competency, best Value for Money and to provide all requirements in relation to the Workforce Absence Prevention and Protection services, to HEART and other Customers. It is anticipated that these services will be promoted and accessed by the Education Sector and however for the avoidance of doubt, is open to any Public Sector Contracting Authority.
This Framework will provide Workforce Absence Prevention and Protection services which includes but is not limited to:
- Access to a comprehensive health and well-being support service that focuses on absence prevention rather than absence management. The health and well-being support service may evolve over the duration of the contract to meet the ongoing and changing needs of Customers.
- Where there is an absence, the Supplier will provide access to staff absence protection policies, that provide flexibility of cover to meet individual Customer requirements.
CPV: Health and social work services · Health insurance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 1 bids received (1.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 3 Jun 2024
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality and Social Value: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality and Social Value: 70
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROVISION OF WORKFORCE ABSENCE PREVENTION AND…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Mar 2024, 12:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2024, 16:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 8 May 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-017899- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044e31Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 8 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
7 May 2024 → 10 Jun 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened8 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts3 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published10 Jun 2024, 16:06 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete10 Jun 2024, 16:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 017899-2024-1
- Signed
- 26 May 2024
- Value
- £60,000,000
- Period
- … – 2 Jun 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Value Match ServicesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- The Education MutualFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.