Official UK procurement notice
Occupational Physiotherapy Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of the Agreement is for the provision of an Occupational Physiotherapy Service for Staffordshire County Council, a local authority which employs 4300 employees as part of its core workforce. The agreement will also be used to offer services to the schools workforce for the 400 plus schools and academies that the council's Health, Safety and Wellbeing Service supports as well as other customers wishing to access the services.
CPV: Physiotherapy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Jan 2026
Published description of the framework
The award criteria is set out in the tender documents publish on Proactis, the council's e-tendering portal.
The prices will be evaluated in the pricing document which will be submitted by the bidders as part of their tender.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£350,000
- Condition of participation
3-2 Insurance
3-3 Qualified & Registered - Health & Care Professionals Council
3-4 Qualified & Registered - Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics (ACPOHE) Registration
3-5 Confirm Third-Party Information Security Questionnaire attached
3-6 Business Continuity
3-7 Health & Safety
Further details can be found in 'IA3619 ITT Tender PSQ Questionnaire'.
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).
Lot awarding rule: Price 60% Quality 40%
- Condition of participation
3-2 Insurance
3-3 Qualified & Registered - Health & Care Professionals Council
3-4 Qualified & Registered - Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics (ACPOHE) Registration
3-5 Confirm Third-Party Information Security Questionnaire attached
3-6 Business Continuity
3-7 Health & Safety
Further details can be found in 'IA3619 ITT Tender PSQ Questionnaire'.
- “Occupational Physiotherapy Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 May 2025, 13:22 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMT
- Authority reference
IA3619- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043928- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0516d8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 28 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
19 May 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published19 May 2025, 13:22 BST
- Tender notice published29 Jul 2025, 14:52 BST
- Next notice expected29 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by21 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published313 days ago8 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMT
- Contract starts289 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 May 2025- Planned procurement notice published19 May 2025, 13:22 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published29 Jul 2025, 14:52 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £350,00029 Jul 2025, 14:52 BSTwas £300,000
- Status changed to active29 Jul 2025, 14:52 BST
- Contract details notice published8 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete8 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Occupational Physiotherapy Services
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2025
- Value
- £350,000
- Period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 · up to 31 Dec 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The extension periods will be utilised by the council at their sole discretion upon the satisfactory delivery of the required services.
4 agreed KPIs: % of Triage assessments completed within 72 Hours of receipt of referral · % of employees indicating a reduction in VAS pain score /improvement in mobility · % of manager reports received within 48 Hours of appointment dates …
- % of Triage assessments completed within 72 Hours of receipt of referral, Target 95%
- % of employees indicating a reduction in VAS pain score /improvement in mobility, Target 85%.
- % of manager reports received within 48 Hours of appointment dates, Target 95%.
- % of employees offered hands on sessions within 10 Working Days, Target 90%
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- TRUE PHYSIO LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender