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Published 20 Dec 2024, 10:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Occupational Health Services & Health Checks

Official notice

Authority: Audit Scotland

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£300,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 Jan 2025awarded 14 Apr 2025
Awarded to Wellness International Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Occupational Health Services & Health Checks

  • Recurrence: Yes it is likely that a future procurement will be undertaken to replace this contract when it expires after additional extension period.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Audit Scotland require a supplier to be able to deliver the following servicesAwardedRenewal

Audit Scotland require a supplier to be able to deliver the following services

Occupational Health Services & Health checks

Pre employment checks for potential new employees

Pre employment follow on occupational health review / appointment

Management OH case referrals

Confidential Counselling / Employee assistance programme costs - Telephone/Video/Face to Face meetings

Health screening for age under 50s

Health screening for age over 50s

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations in Scotland
Extensions: Following the initial contract period of 36 months there may be an additional 1 x 12 month extension period taken up.Variant bids: not allowed

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
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation4
  • Suitability

    STAFFING AND QUALIFICATIONS

    Medical Doctors to hold General Medical Council (GMC) Registration.

    Nurses/ Nursing Practitioners to hold the appropriate nursing qualification, nursing registration and be suitably trained, and have undertaken the necessary continuing professional development stated by their Royal College of Nursing (RCN)/Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

    Staff carrying out specialised Services, such as health screening services, health surveillance or specialised medicals, or those operating as OH advisors / Technicians (and who are not qualified as a doctor or nurse) shall have the necessary qualifications, training and experience.

    Staff delivering the Services will not have any competence/professional issues pending with the GMC or RCN/NMC or other relevant body/emplo

  • Economic & financial standing

    Tenderers must demonstrate a current ratio of 1.0 or more.

    Current ratio will be calculated as follows: The total current assets divided by Total current liabilities.

    There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the tenderers economic and financial standing.

    Minimum: The tenderer confirms they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below: public liability insurance cover of at least one million pounds sterling (GBP 1,000,000) per incident employers liability ins…
  • Technical & professional ability

    Statement for 4C.4 Supply Chain Management/Tracking Systems Used :

    If bidders intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, they should confirm

    they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain.

    This will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively,

    and provide evidence when requested of:

    a) their standard payment terms

    b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year

    If the bidder is unable to confirm (b) they must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director, which improves the payment

    performance.

    4C.6 Educational and Professional Qualifications

    Tenderers will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:

    The tenderer must also hold :

    ISO 27001.

    or provide evidence of an active ISO 27001 process with a date for certification.

    Please refer to the Specification for more information.

    4C.10 Proportion (%) to be Sub-Contracted

    Bidders are asked to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract

    Please complete the attached Form

    DELIVERY PARTNER / SUB-CONTRACTOR DECLARATION

  • Technical & professional ability

    Medical Doctors to hold General Medical Council (GMC) Registration.

    Nurses/ Nursing Practitioners to hold the appropriate nursing qualification, nursing registration and be suitably trained, and have undertaken the necessary continuing professional development stated by their Royal College of Nursing (RCN)/Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

    Staff carrying out specialised Services, such as health screening services, health surveillance or specialised medicals, or those operating as OH advisors / Technicians (and who are not qualified as a doctor or nurse) shall have the necessary qualifications, training and experience.

    Staff delivering the Services will not have any competence/professional issues pending with the GMC or RCN/NMC or other relevant body/employer.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement

Yes · Yes it is likely that a future procurement will be undertaken to replace this contract when it expires after additional extension period.

First published
20 Dec 2024, 10:05 GMT
Last source update
2 May 2025, 10:15 BST
Award evaluation window
30 Jan 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018663
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c9fa Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

CYBER - Please note there are minimum requirements concerning Cyber Security for this contract as set out in the Evaluation and Award Criteria - The supplier must hold ISO 27001 certification or provide evidence of an active ISO 27001 process with a date for certification.

STANDARD CLAUSE - Tenderers are asked to confirm that they will include the standard clause in all contracts used in the delivery of

the requirements, ensuring payment of sub-contractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and include a point of contact for

sub-contractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require you to actively monitor payment performance and provide

evidence and reports to the contracting authority on a regular basis

Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site athttps://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/authority/noticecreate/Question21.aspx?ID=786123 The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Download the copy of the online SPD document here (to be completed online through postbox submission): https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=780897 (SC Ref:797819)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontratcsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline
30 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
30 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Jan 2025 → 2 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    30 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    30 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    2 May 2025, 10:15 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 May 2025, 10:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 54 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Wellness International LimitedSME£300,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Audit Scotland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 102 West Port, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 9DNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.