Official UK procurement notice
Occupational Health Contract 2025
Authority: London Borough of Merton (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe principal requirement of this contract is to provide Occupational Health Services (OHS). The OHS supports the reduction and/or prevention of ill health at work and assists with the effective management of health problems to enable managers to effectively manage and control sickness absence. It assists the Council to meet workplace healthcare legislation whilst simultaneously promoting aspects of good health and safety to employees.
CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Miscellaneous health services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 21 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 19 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 1 Jul 2023
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1General Occupational Health ServicesAwardedPublished value£70,000,000
Lot #2Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)AwardedPublished value£30,000,000
This lot requires Service Providers to provide employers with a comprehensive range of Employee Assistance Programme services that will allow employers to support the mental health, safety, and welfare of their employees in the working environment.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · General Occupational Health Services | 34 | 53 | 5 | |
| 2 · Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) | 50 | 40 | 10 |
- Price carries 40–53 points depending on the lot. Read the split per lot below.
- “Occupational Health Contract 2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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 · publisher note attached- 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
- 10 Mar 2023, 10:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 May 2025, 14:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Apr 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN759003- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019110- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b1a2Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Throughout the duration of the framework, ESPO shall monitor the Supplier's financial standing against the Suppliers initial financial positioning on the commencement date of the framework. If a Suppliers financial standing falls below the position recorded on the commencement date, ESPO will raise this with Suppliers and discuss the circumstances round this.
MI (Management information) for the framework will be collected every 3 months by the Contract Support Officer (CSO). The CSO will also maintain checks to ensure that any relevant insurances continued to be held.
Social Value will be assessed and monitored by the framework manager; Suppliers will be expected to demonstrate social value initiatives throughout the lifetime of the framework.
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal. ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Apr 2023, 12:01 BST
Timeline
11 Apr 2023 → 6 May 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened11 Apr 2023, 12:01 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published6 May 2025, 14:10 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Aug 2023- Status changed to complete2 Aug 2023, 14:07 BST
- Buyer details updated6 May 2025, 14:10 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Occupational Health Contract
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 30 Jun 2025
- Status
- active
Lot 1 - Occupational Health Services
- Signed
- 29 Jun 2023
- Value
- £70,000,000
- Period
- … – 30 Jun 2025
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)
- Signed
- 29 Jun 2023
- Value
- £30,000,000
- Period
- … – 30 Jun 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · General Occupational Health Services | 21bids · 21 electronic | 14 | — | £7,100 – £400,000 |
| 2 · Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) | 21bids · 21 electronic | 14 | — | — |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £7,100 – £400,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- ESPOContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyRegional or local authorityLocal Authority Services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
- royal courts of justiceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
19 commercial parties on the notice- BHSF Occupational Health LimitedFramework contractor
- CNLR Horizons Limited (T/A CiC)Framework contractor
- COPE Occupational Health Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Duradiamond Healthcare Limited - Health PartnersFramework contractor
- Heales Health Services Ltd.Framework contractor
- Health Management LimitedFramework contractor
- Health Partners Group LimitedFramework contractor
- Innovate Healthcare Management Group LimitedFramework contractor
- K2 Associates UK Limited (T/A K2 Occupational Health)Framework contractor
- Medacs Healthcare LimitedFramework contractor
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- People Asset Management Limited (T/A PAM OH Solutions)Framework contractor
- SME HCI Limited (T/A Vivup)Framework contractor
- The Industrial Diagnostics Company LimitedFramework contractor
- UK Independent Medical Services Limited (T/A UKIM Occupational Health & Wellbeing) - Examworks UKFramework contractor
- Vita Health Wellness LimitedFramework contractor
- Work Stress Management LimitedFramework contractor
- Working on Wellbeing Ltd (T/A Optima Health)Framework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria