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# Police and Fire Medical Appeals Board 2023

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/police-and-fire-medical-appeals-board-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-03c788). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** This procurement will be managed electronically via the Home Office's e-Sourcing Portal (JAGGAER). To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the e-Sourcing Portal. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Your email should be entitled 'PAFMAB C25145' - and must state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered supplier; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. The framework shall cover a period of three (3) years, with an option to extend the framework at the Home Office's discretion for a further one-year period (up to a maximum of 4 years).

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Home Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 June 2023 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/police-and-fire-medical-appeals-board-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-03c788#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03c788`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/police-and-fire-medical-appeals-board-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-03c788#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhomeoffice.app.jaggaer.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/police-and-fire-medical-appeals-board-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-03c788#participate

## Description
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Home Office's e-Sourcing Portal (JAGGAER). To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the e-Sourcing Portal.  If you have not yet registered on the e-Sourcing Portal, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com by following the link 'To register click here'. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.  It should be noted that it may take up to 10 working days for Dun and Bradstreet to respond with a DUNS number. Once you have registered on the e-Sourcing Portal, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing: CollaborativeProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk
Please respond by 10:00, 12th June 2023.  Your email should be entitled 'PAFMAB C25145' - and must state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered supplier; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. The email will be processed, and the supplier will be granted access to the procurement via the e-Sourcing Portal. The registered user will receive a notification email to confirm.
The Secretary of State for the Home Department ('the Home Office') has overall responsibility for policing in England and Wales and for the fire service in England only. Policing in Scotland and the fire service in both Wales and Scotland are devolved powers. However, the requirements under the framework being tendered relate to both policing and fire in England, Scotland and Wales. As part of this responsibility, the Home Office is empowered to consider any appeal by a pension scheme member against a decision made by a police force or fire authority in relation to an ill-health pension or injury benefit award. In order to administer such appeals, the Home Office appoints a contractor with the capability to appoint and manage independent appeal boards staffed by qualified medical practitioners. 
The current framework expires on 30.09.2023 and the Home Office is inviting bids from organisations for the replacement framework. 
Services:
The Home Office requires a provider to manage boards of medical referees who will conduct medical appeals under the appropriate police and fire pension regulations in England, Wales, and Scotland. The required services comprise the provision of regional Medical Appeal Boards for the police and fire services in England, Wales, and Scotland, in accordance with relevant pension and injury benefit regulations. 
Scope: 
The scope of the Framework Agreement includes the following: 
•	Administering Police and Fire Medical Appeal Boards, 
•	Recruitment and training of board members with appropriate expertise, 
•	Monitoring and reporting of key performance indicators, 
•	Producing annual and quarter...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/police-and-fire-medical-appeals-board-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-03c788)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Home office is seeking to create a Framework Agreement with the appointment of one supplier to manage boards of medical referees who will conduct medical appeals under the appropriate police and fire pension regulations in England, Wales, and Sco...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013277-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-10T10:55:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-07T21:33:21.078Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03c788