Find a TenderCancelledProcurement termination notice
Published 22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Occupational Health Services. — UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£200,000≈ £104k / year · £240,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 8 Jul 2025
Contract term 1 yr 11 mostarts 4 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Suffolk Council is looking to procure a provider of occupational health services to work collaboratively with us, offering professional support and advice to complement our absence management policies and procedures and health and wellbeing agenda.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 0001Awarded 1 yr 11 moPublished value£200,000
Contract period: 4 Aug 2025 — 3 Jul 2027 (1 yr 11 mo)Delivery: East of England
Value
£200,000 exc. VAT · £240,000 inc. VAT
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
How bids were scored
  • Simple description — 70%quality (divided into sub-criteria as in the tender documents) and 30% price . Full details in tender documents

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
Last source update
22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 4 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Authority reference
2591-PPT-O
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052c6c Find a Tender
Contract terms summary
30 day Payment terms . Full details in tender documents
Review and risk notes
Risks
details in Tender documents

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
8 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
20 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Please register for free on the following link to view the full documentation and express interest once logged in and submit your tender response: in-tendhost.co.uk/eastsuffolk ↗

Timeline

6 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published
    4 Jun 2025, 13:56 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    20 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    8 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Latest notice published
    22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
  5. Contract starts
    4 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
  6. Award decision expected by
    4 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—22 Jul 2025CancelledEast Suffolk Council (“ESC”, “the Council”) has decided not to continue with the procurement process and as a result, a contract will not be awarded for Occupational Health Services. This decision was not taken lightly, but for the following reasons: 1. On reviewing the pricing templates, suppliers had made different assumptions on the type of services required and as a result the evaluation panel could not be confident that they were fairly evaluating like for like. 2. Face to face is the Council’s default for the provision of services and amendments to the specification and form of tender need to be made to ensure this is strongly reflected in the responses received to provide the best service for our officers. Due to the reasons above, the Council, as per the terms and conditions in the Invitation to Tender part A 25.1 is withdrawing this Invitation to Tender: “The Council is not making a commitment in issuing this invitation to tender, nor is it bound to accept the lowest tender, or indeed any tender. For the avoidance of any doubt, the Council may make such changes to this procurement as it considers appropriate and may withdraw this invitation to tender at any time.” The Council is now working on revising, amending and updating the tender documentation and a new tender for these services will be published on Find a Tender Service in the Autumn.

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · supplier not published

    Signed
    date not published
    Value
    —
    Period
    … — 3 Jul 2027
    Status
    cancelled

Notice history

9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2025
  1. Procurement termination notice published
    22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BSTUK12
  2. Published value updated
    22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BSTwas £200,000
  3. Status changed to complete
    22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
  5. Deadline withdrawn
    22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    22 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
  7. Tender notice published
    4 Jun 2025, 14:07 BSTUK4
  8. Deadline moved to 8 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
    4 Jun 2025, 14:07 BST+0 days · was 8 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
  9. Tender notice published
    4 Jun 2025, 13:56 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)

Tender submission date is 8th July, 2025 by 12noon

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Suffolk Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLPP-1174-BHLX East Suffolk House, Station Road, Melton, Woodbridge, East of England, IP12 1RT [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsInvitation to tender Part A, Invitation to tender Part C, Procurement Specific Questionnaire ,Appendix B- Pricing template , Draft Contract terms, ESC Sickness Procedure and Esc Sickness Policy
  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender