Official UK procurement notice
PR302025 Exeter City Council Occupational Health Provider
Authority: Exeter City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionExeter City Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of a comprehensive Occupational Health (OH) service. The successful provider will play a key role in supporting the Council's duty of care to its employees, promoting workforce wellbeing, and ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation.
The Council employs approximately 770 staff across a wide range of services, including waste collection and recycling, housing, planning, parking enforcement, tourism, benefits administration, Council Tax, engineering, grounds maintenance, electoral services, and more. The Occupational Health service must be
equipped to support this diverse workforce, which includes both office-based and operational roles with varying health and safety requirements.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000
- Economic & financial standing
As detailed in ITT
- Technical & professional ability
As detailed in ITT
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: As detailed in ITT
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
As detailed in ITT
- Technical & professional ability
As detailed in ITT
- 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Sept 2025, 15:39 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
PR302025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055112- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0596ebFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
As detailed in ITT
- Risks
As detailed in ITT
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Sept 2025 → 11 Mar 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published9 Sept 2025, 15:39 BST
- Clarification questions by381 days ago7 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline374 days ago14 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by356 days ago31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts295 days ago1 Jan 2026
- Assessment summaries sent261 days ago4 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published226 days ago11 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2025- Tender notice published9 Sept 2025, 15:39 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published4 Feb 2026, 16:58 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Feb 2026, 16:58 GMT
- Contract signature expected2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published11 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spire Occupational Health, Vita Health Wellness LtdSMEjoint award1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: Extendable at the Contracting Authority's sole discretion for three 1 year extensions subject to the terms of the contract. | £171,889 inc. VAT | 4 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Spire Occupational Health, Vita Health Wellness LtdSME
- Signed
- 11 Mar 2026
- Value
- £171,889 inc. VAT
- Period
- 19 Apr 2026 – 18 Apr 2028 · up to 18 Apr 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 3 no. 12 month extensions are permitted
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders · 10 at stage one | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- SPIRE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- SPIRE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender