Official UK procurement notice
ITT for Provision of Occupational Health Services
Authority: Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group require an external management referral service to support effective management of employee health and wellbeing and reduce sickness absence; and to comply with our duty of care to employees. The service should be provided in a timely fashion to support the ongoing work of individual Managers and HR Business Partners/Advisors to allow them to support staff during periods of sickness absence and ongoing health concerns. The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years with the option of 2 x 12 month extensions
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUniversity Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group require an external management referral service to support effective management of employee health and wellbeing and reduce sickness absence; and to comply with our duty of care to employees.
The service should be provided in a timely fashion to support the ongoing work of individual Managers and HR Business Partners/Advisors to allow them to support staff during periods of sickness absence and ongoing health concerns.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This specification covers both the service at Northampton General Hospital (NGH) and…RenewalPublished value£277,290
This specification covers both the service at Northampton General Hospital (NGH) and Kettering General Hospital (KGH) aka University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group.
The purpose of sourcing an external management referral service is to support effective management of employee health and wellbeing and reduce sickness absence; and to comply with our duty of care to employees.
The service should be provided in a timely fashion to support the ongoing work of individual Managers and HR Business Partners/Advisors to allow them to support staff during periods of sickness absence and ongoing health concerns.
Current situation
Due a national and local shortage of qualified Occupational Health (OH) staff, it is necessary to source services externally to cover the shortfall in the current service for management referrals.
Referrals are accepted by the in-house OH service and triaged to an appropriate clinician which may be an OH Physician, MSK Physiotherapist (NGH) or an OH Nurse.
The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years with the option of 2 x 12 month extensions
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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).
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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).
- Suitability
SEQOHS accredited OH Service provider
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Jul 2023, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jul 2023, 12:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Aug 2023 – …
- Authority reference
788626955- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-021629- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ea6bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Kettering:-Health-services./EDVN6S2E65" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Kettering:-Health-services./EDVN6S2E65</a> To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/EDVN6S2E65" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/EDVN6S2E65</a> GO Reference: GO-2023726-PRO-23497574
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Aug 2023, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 25 Aug 2023, 13:01 BST
Timeline
26 Jul 2023 → 1 Nov 2023 · 4 dates- Notice published26 Jul 2023, 12:05 BST
- Submission deadline25 Aug 2023, 13:00 BST
- Bids opened25 Aug 2023, 13:01 BST
- Contract starts1 Nov 2023
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria