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Published 31 Oct 2022, 15:33 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

HFL Education - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme Framework Agreement - Oct 22

Official notice

Authority: Herts for Learning Limited (Public body)

Framework agreement3 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 1 lot to bidMax 1 lot per supplier
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH23)
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,500,000total for 3 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 30 Nov 2022awarded 17 Jan 2023
Lots 3max 1 won per supplier · max 1 to bid

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

HfL requires a framework for the provision of a suitable Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Program suppliers for all types of educational settings, providing a full range of services that enable school leaders and staff to effectively manage staff attendance, health, and wellbeing. This offer will be accessible for the aforementioned educational settings nationally.

CPV: Health services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 3 suppliers · 5 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (1.7 per place) · 3 appointed (full)

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 1 and win at most 1 of them

Every one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £1,500,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Occupational Health ServicesAwardedceiling above

An Occupational Health provider gives settings access to clinical advice which gives schools the ability to manage attendance and ill health. The core services that must be supplied as a minimum are the provision of pre-employment checks, management referrals and assessment, ill health retirement assessments and eligibility certification. Additional functionality should include a means for schools to access further Occupational Health services such as counselling, physiotherapy, specialist clinics and training.

Delivery: East of England
Variant bids: not allowed
85100000 Health services
Lot #2Employee Assistance ProgrammeAwardedceiling above

An Employee Assistance Programme provider gives settings access to work based confidential assessment and short-term counselling, referrals and follow up service to employees who have personal or work-related problems. The core services that must be supplied as a minimum are the provision of a confidential helpline, 6 counselling sessions and access to web-based/app services, resources and guides which cover a range of wellbeing and or wellness topics such as, family situations, social and professional relationships, financial health, physical and mental health.

Delivery: East of England
Variant bids: not allowed
85100000 Health services
Lot #3Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme Combined LotAwardedceiling above

A combined offer of Occupation Health services and Employee assistance. An Occupational Health provider gives settings access to clinical advice which gives schools the ability to manage attendance and ill health. An Employee Assistance Programme provider gives settings access to work based confidential assessment and short-term counselling, referrals and follow up service to employees who have personal or work-related problems.

Delivery: East of England
Variant bids: not allowed
85100000 Health services

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
What this means for your bid
  • “HFL Education - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
31 Oct 2022, 15:33 GMT
Last source update
17 Jan 2023, 14:46 GMT
Award evaluation window
1 Dec 2022 – …
Authority reference
INT-HFL004
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-001425
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037dbf Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
30 Nov 2022, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
document
Bids opened
1 Dec 2022

Timeline

30 Nov 2022 → 17 Jan 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    30 Nov 2022, 17:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    1 Dec 2022
  3. Notice published
    17 Jan 2023, 14:46 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Jan 2023, 14:46 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 3admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 53 from SMEs · busiest of 3 lots
Contracts signed 3latest 17 Jan 2023

3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £500,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Occupational Health

    Signed
    17 Jan 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Employee Assistance Programme

    Signed
    17 Jan 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme

    Signed
    17 Jan 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Occupational Health Services1bids · 1 electronic1——
2 · Employee Assistance Programme5bids · 5 electronic3——
3 · Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme Combined Lot5bids · 5 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Herts for Learning Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation Robertson House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, East of England, SG1 2FQContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

3 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria